[HTML][HTML] A dynamic 2000—540 Ma Earth history: From cratonic amalgamation to the age of supercontinent cycle

ZX Li, Y Liu, R Ernst - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Establishing how tectonic plates have moved since deep time is essential for understanding
how Earth's geodynamic system has evolved and operates, thus answering longstanding …

Precambrian mafic dyke swarms in the North China Craton and their geological implications

P Peng - Science China Earth Sciences, 2015 - Springer
A map of major Precambrian mafic dyke swarms and related units in the North China Craton
is compiled, and the features and geological implications of these swarms are …

Mesoproterozoic paleogeography: Supercontinent and beyond

SA Pisarevsky, SÅ Elming, LJ Pesonen, ZX Li - Precambrian Research, 2014 - Elsevier
A set of global paleogeographic reconstructions for the 1770–1270 Ma time interval is
presented here through a compilation of reliable paleomagnetic data (at the 2009 Nordic …

Reconstructing pre-Pangean supercontinents

DAD Evans - Bulletin, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Twenty-five years ago, initial plans for reconstructing the Rodinia supercontinent were being
drafted, based on the growing recognition of correlatable mid-Neoproterozoic (0.8–0.7 Ga) …

Large Igneous Provinces and supercontinents: Toward completing the plate tectonic revolution

RE Ernst, W Bleeker, U Söderlund, AC Kerr - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
Regional grou**s of a majority, or all, of Earth's crustal blocks have occurred several times
in Earth history, but only the most recent supercontinent Paleozoic Pangea/Gondwana, is …

Plumbing systems of large igneous provinces (LIPs) on Earth and Venus: Investigating the role of giant circumferential and radiating dyke swarms, coronae and novae …

KL Buchan, RE Ernst - Gondwana Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The flood basalts of large igneous provinces (LIPs) are fed by a vast and often complicated
plumbing system that can include giant dyke swarms, sill complexes, mid-to upper-crustal …

[HTML][HTML] Contemporaneous assembly of Western Gondwana and final Rodinia break-up: implications for the supercontinent cycle

S Oriolo, P Oyhantçabal, K Wemmer… - Geoscience Frontiers, 2017 - Elsevier
Geological, geochronological and isotopic data are integrated in order to present a revised
model for the Neoproterozoic evolution of Western Gondwana. Although the classical …

Spatial distribution of 1.4-1.3 Ga LIPs and carbonatite-related REE deposits: Evidence for large-scale continental rifting in the Columbia (Nuna) supercontinent

SH Zhang, RE Ernst, Z Yang, Z Zhou, J Pei… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Large-scale continental rifting and large igneous provinces (LIPs) have played important
roles in the breakup and dispersal of supercontinents Pangea and Rodinia. Previous …

[HTML][HTML] The boring billion?–Lid tectonics, continental growth and environmental change associated with the Columbia supercontinent

NMW Roberts - Geoscience Frontiers, 2013 - Elsevier
The evolution of Earth's biosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere is tied to the formation of
continental crust and its subsequent movements on tectonic plates. The supercontinent …

Global Meso-Neoproterozoic plate reconstruction and formation mechanism for Precambrian basins: Constraints from three cratons in China

S Li, X Li, G Wang, Y Liu, Z Wang, T Wang, X Cao… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Meso-Neoproterozoic period, sometimes referred to as the 'boring billion'or
'Earth's middle age', spans the interval between the formation of the Columbia and Rodina …