Contemporaneous assembly of Western Gondwana and final Rodinia break-up: Implications for the supercontinent cycle

Contemporaneous assembly of Western Gondwana and final Rodinia break-up: Implications for the supercontinent cycle

Geological, geochronological and isotopic data are integrated in order to present a revised model for the Neoproterozoic evolution of Western Gondwana. Although the classical geodynamic scenario assumed for the period 800–700 Ma is related to Rodinia break-up and the consequent opening of major ocea...

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Main Authors: Sebastián Oriolo, Pedro Oyhantçabal, Klaus Wemmer, Siegfried Siegesmund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-11-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
Subjects:
Brasiliano–Pan-African Orogeny
Neoproterozoic
Collisional tectonics
Pannotia
Metacratonization
Introversion-extroversion
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987117300294

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