The making and unmaking of a supercontinent: Rodinia revisited

Tectonophysics

Volumn 375, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 261-288

  Meert, Joseph G ^a   Torsvik, Trond H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Paleomagnetism; Rodinia; Supercontinent; True polar wander

Indexed keywords

PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; POLAR WANDERING; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0242490339     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00342-1     Document Type: Article

References (150)

1. Åhäll K.I. Connelly J.N. Brewer T.S. Episodic rapikivi magmatism due to distal orogenesis?: correlation of 1.69-1.50 Ga orogenic and inboard, 'anorogenic' events in the Baltic shield Geology 28 2000 823-826
2. Almeida F.F. Brito Neves B.B. Carneiro C.D.R. The origin and evolution of the South American platform Earth Sci. Rev. 50 2000 77-111
3. Bettucci L.S. Rapalini A.E. Preliminary paleomagnetic data from the Sierra de las Animas complex, Uruguay and their implications in the Gondwana assembly Terrane Dynamics, Christchurch, New Zealand 1997 154-156
4. Boger S.D. Carson C.J. Fanning C.M. Hergt J.M. Wilson C.J.L. Woodhead J.D. Pan-African intraplate deformation in the northern Prince Charles Mountains, east Antarctica Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 195 2002 195-210
5. Bond G.C. Nickeson P.A. Kominz M.A. Breakup of a supercontinent between 625 and 555 Ma: new evidence and implications for continental histories Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 70 1984 325-345
6. Briden J.C. McClelland E. Rex D.C. Proving the age of a paleomagnetic pole: the case of the Ntonya ring structure, Malawi J. Geophys. Res. 98 1993 1743-1749
7. Brito-Neves B.B. Main stages of development of the sedimentary basins of South America and their relationship with the tectonics of supercontinents Gondwana Res. 5 2002 175-196
8. Buchan K.L. Ernst R.E. Hamilton M.A. Mertanen S. Pesonen L.J. Elming S.A. Rodinia: the evidence from integrated paleomagnetism and U-Pb geochronology Precambrian Res. 110 2001 9-32
9. Bullard E.C. Everett J.E. Smith A.G. The fit of the continents around the Atlantic Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. (Ser. A.) 258 1965 41-51
10. Christie K.W. Fahrig W.F. Paleomagnetism of the Borden dykes of Baffin island and its bearing on the Grenville Loop Can. J. Earth Sci. 20 1983 275-289
11. Condie K.C. Rosen O.M. Laurentia-Siberia connection revisited Geology 22 1994 168-170
12. D'Agrella-Filho M.S. Pacca I. Renne P.R. Onstott T.C. Texeira W. Paleomagnetism of middle Proterozoic (1.01-1.08 Ga) mafic dykes in southeastern Bahia state, Sao Francisco craton, Brazil Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 101 1990 332-348
13. D'Agrella-Filho M.S. Babinski M. Trindade R.I.F. Van Schmus W.R. Ernesto M. Simultaneous remagnetization and U-Pb isotopes in Neoproterozoic carbonates of the Sao Francisco craton, Brazil Precambrian Res. 99 2000 179-186
14. Dalziel I.W.D. Pacific margins of Laurentia and East Antarctica as a conjugate rift pair: evidence and implications for an Eocambrian supercontinent Geology 19 1991 598-601
15. Dalziel I.W.D. Neoproterozoic-Paleozoic geography and tectonics: review, hypothesis and environmental speculation Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 109 1997 16-42
16. Dalziel I.W.D. Mosher S. Gahagan L.M. Laurentia-Kalahari collision and the assembly of Rodinia J. Geol. 108 2000 499-513
17. Davies J. Nairn A.E.M. Ressetar R. The paleomagnetism of certain late Precambrian and early Paleozoic rocks from the Red Sea Hills, eastern desert, Egypt J. Geophys. Res. 85 1980 3699-3710
18. Dewey J.F. Burke K.C.A. Tibetan, Variscan and Precambrian basement reactivation: products of continental collision J. Geol. 81 1973 683-692
19. Diehl J.F. Haig T.D. A paleomagnetic study of the lava flows within the Copper Harbor conglomerate, Michigan: new results and implications Can. J. Earth Sci. 31 1994 369-380
20. Elming S.A. Mattson H. Post-Jotnian basic intrusions in the Fennoscandian shield, and the break up of Baltica and from Laurentia: a paleomagnetic and AMS study Precambrian Res. 108 2001 215-236
21. Elston D.P. Bressler S.L. Paleomagnetic poles and polarity zonation from Cambrian and Devonian strata of Arizona Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 36 1977 423-433
22. Ernst R.E. Buchan K.L. Paleomagnetism of the Abitibi dyke swarm, southern Superior Province, and its implications for the Logan Loop Can. J. Earth Sci. 30 1993 1886-1897
23. Ernst R.E. Buchan K.L. Hamilton M.A. Okrugin A.V. Tomshin M.D. Integrated paleomagnetism and U-Pb geochronology of Mafic dikes of the Eastern Anabar shield region, Siberia: implications for Mesoproterozoic paleolatitude of Siberia and comparison with Laurentia J. Geol. 108 2000 381-401
24. Evans D.A. True polar wander, a supercontinental legacy Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 157 1998 1-8
25. Evans D.A.D. Li Z.X. Kirschvink J.L. Wingate M.T.D. A high-quality mid-Proterozoic paleomagnetic pole from South China, with implications for an Australia-Laurentia connection at 755 Ma Precambrian Res. 100 2000 213-234
26. Fitzsimons I.C.W. A review of tectonic events in the East Antarctic shield, and their implications for Gondwana and earlier supercontinents J. Afr. Earth Sci. 31 2000 3-23
27. Foden J. Barovich K. Jane M. O'Halloran G. Sr-isotopic evidence for late Neoproterozoic rifting in the Adelaide geosyncline at 586 Ma; implications for Cu ore forming flux Precambrian Res. 106 2001 291-308
28. Frost B.R. Avchenko O.V. Chamberlin K.R. Geldsetzer H.H.J. Evidence for extensive Proterozoic remobilization of the Aldan shield and implications for Proterozoic plate tectonic reconstructions of Siberia and Laurentia Precambrian Res. 89 1998 1-23
29. Gallet Y. Pavlov V.E. Magnetostratigraphy of the Moyero River section (north-western Siberia): constraints on geomagnetic reversal frequency during the early Paleozoic Geophys. J. Int. 125 1996 95-105
30. Gallet, Y., Pavlov, V.E., Semikhatov, M.A., Petrov, P.Y., 2000. Late Mesoproterozoic magnetostratigraphic results from Siberia: paleogeographic implications and magnetic field behavior. J. Geophys. Res. 105, 16, 481-16, 500.
31. Geraldes M.C. Van Schmus W.R. Condie K.C. Bell S. Texeira W. Babinski M. Proterozoic geologic evolution of the SW part of the Amazonian craton in Mato Grosso state, Brazil Precambrian Res. 111 2001 91-128
32. Gose W.A. Helper M.A. Connelly J.N. Hutson F.E. Dalziel I.W.D. Paleomagnetic data and U-Pb isotopic age determinations from Coats Land, Antarctica: implications for Neoproterozoic plate reconstructions J. Geophys. Res. 102 1997 7887-7902
33. Green J.C. Bornhorst T.J. Chandler V.W. Mudrey M.D. Myers P.E. Pesonen L.J. Wilband J.T. Keewanawan dykes of the Lake Superior region: evidence for evolution of the middle Proterozoic mid-continent rift in North America Halls H.C. Fahrig W.F. Mafic Dyke Swarms, Geol. Assoc. Can. Spec. 1987 289-302
34. Halls H.C. A paleomagnetic reversal in the Osler Volcanic Group, northern Lake Superior Can. J. Earth Sci. 11 1974 1200-1207
35. Halls H.C. Palmer H.C. Remagnetization in Keewanawan rocks: Part II. Lava flows within the Copper Harbor Conglomerate Can. J. Earth Sci. 18 1981 1395-1408
36. Halls H.C. Pesonen L.J. Paleomagnetism of Keewanawan rocks Wold R.J. Hinze W.J. Geology and Tectonics of the Lake Superior Basin Geol. Soc. Am. Mem. vol. 156 1982 173-201
37. Hanley L.M. Wingate M.T.D. SHRIMP zircon age for an early Cambrian dolerite dyke: an intrusive phase of the Antrim Plateau volcanics of northern Australia Aus. J. Earth Sci. 47 2000 1029-1040
38. Hargraves R.B. Duncan R.A. Radiometric age and paleomagnetic results from Seychelles dikes Duncan R.A., et-al. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results Leg vol. 115 1990 119-122
39. Hargraves R.B. Hattingh P.J. Onstott T.C. Paleomagnetic results of the Timbaratic gabbros in the Kruger National Park S. Afr. J. Geol. 97 1994 114-118
40. Hartnady C.J.H. Onstott T.C. A Mesoproterozoic geosuture link between North America and Southern Africa? Trans. Am. Geophys. Union EOS 73 1992 365
41. Hartz E.H. Torsvik T.H. Baltica upside down: a new plate tectonic model for Rodinia and the Iapetus Ocean Geology 30 2002 255-258
42. Henry S.G. Mauk F.J. Van der Voo R. Paleomagnetism of the Upper Keewanawan sediments: the Nonesuch shale and Freda sandstone Can. J. Earth Sci. 14 1977 1128-1138
43. Hoffman P.F. Did the breakout of Laurentia turn Gondwanaland inside out? Science 252 1991 1409-1412
44. Hyodo H. Dunlop D.J. Effect of anisotropy on the paleomagnetic contact test for a Grenville dyke J. Geophys. Res. 98 1993 7997-8017
45. Hyodo H. Dunlop D.J. McWilliams M.O. Timing and extent of Grenvillian overprinting near Temagami Geol. Soc. Can. Spec. Pap. 31 1986 119-126
46. Irving E. Park J.K. Roy J.L. Paleomagnetism and the origin of the Grenville Front Nature 236 1972 344-346
47. Jacobs J. Thomas R.J. Weber K. Accretion and indentation tectonics at the southern edge of the Kaapvaal continent, south-east Africa Geol. Rundsch. 83 1993 322-333
48. 39Ar thermochronological constraints on the structural evolution of the Mesoproterozoic Natal metamorphic province, SE Africa Precambrian Res. 86 1997 71-92
49. Jacobs J. Fanning C.M. Henjes-Kunst F. Olesch M. Paech H.J. Continuation of the Mozambique Belt into East Antarctica: Grenville-age metamorphism and polyphase Pan-African high-grade events in central Dronning Maude Land J. Geol. 106 1998 385-406
50. Jones D.L. McElhinny M.W. Paleomagnetic correlation of basic intrusions in the Precambrian of southern Africa J. Geophys. Res. 71 1966 543-552
51. Jones D.L. Bates M.P. Hodgkinson G. Corner B. Powell C. McA. Paleomagnetic results from the mid-Proterozoic Richtersflya Supergroup of Queen Maud Lan, Antarctica-The Kalahari craton-Grunehogna Province connection IUGG XXII General Assembly, Abstracts, Birmingham, UK 1999 A309
52. Karlstrom K.E. Harlan S.S. Williams M.L. McClelland J. Geissman J.W. Åhäll K.-I. Refining Rodinia: geologic evidence for the Australia-western US connection in the Proterozoic GSA Today 9 10 1999 1-7
53. Karlstrom K.E. Åhäll K.-I. Harlan S.S. Williams M.L. McLelland J. Geissman J.W. Long-lived (1.8-1.0 Ga) convergent orogen in southern Laurentia, its extensions to Australia and Baltica, and implications for refining Rodinia Precambrian Res. 111 2001 5-30
54. Kempf O. Kellerhalls P. Lowrie W. Matter A. Paleomagnetic directions in Precambrian/Cambrian glaciomarine sediments of the Mirbat sandstone formation, Oman Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 175 2000 181-190
55. Kent D.V. Smethurst M.A. Shallow bias of paleomagnetic inclinations in the Paleozoic and Precambrian Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 160 1998 391-402
56. Kirschvink J.L. The Precambrian Cambrian boundary problem; magnetostratigraphy of the Amadeus Basin, central Australia Geol. Mag. 115 1978 139-150
57. Kirschvink J.L. Ripperdan R.L. Evans D.A. Evidence for a large-scale reorganization of early Cambrian continental landmasses by inertial interchange true polar wander Science 277 1997 541-545
58. Klootwijk C.T. Early Palaeozoic paleomagnetism in Australia Tectonophysics 64 1980 249-332
59. Kravchinsky V.A. Konstantinov K.M. Cogne J.P. Paleomagnetic study of Vendian and early Cambrian rocks of South Siberia and Central Mongolia: was the Siberian platform assembled at this time? Precambrian Res. 110 2001 61-92
60. Kumar A. Kumari P. Dayal A.M. Murthy D.S.N. Gopalan K. Rb-Sr ages of Proterozoic kimberlites of India: evidence for contemporaneous emplacements Precambrian Res. 62 1993 227-237
61. Kumar B. Das Sharma S. Sreevinas M.N. Dayal A.M.. Rao N. Dubey N. Chawla B.R. Carbon, oxygen and strontium isotope geochemistry of Proterozoic carbonate rocks of the Vindhyan Basin, central India Precambrian Res. 113 2002 43-64
62. Lawver L. Scotese C.R. A revised reconstruction of Gondwanaland McKenzie G.D. Gondwana Six:Structure Tectonics and Geophysics, Am. Geophys. Un. Mon. vol. 40 1987 17-23
63. Lewchuk M.T. Symons D.T.A. Paleomagnetism of the late Precambrian Coldwell Complex, Ontario, Canada Tectonophysics 184 1990 73-86
64. Lewchuk M.T. Symons D.T.A. Paleomagnetism of the Clay-Howell's carbonatite complex: constraints on Proterozoic motion in the Kapuskasing structural zone, Superior Province, Canada Tectonophysics 172 1990 67-75
65. Lin J.L. Fuller M.D. Zhang W.Y. Paleogeography of the North and South China Blocks during the Cambrian J. Geodyn. 2 1985 91-114
66. McElhinny M.W. Luck G.R. The palaeomagnetism of the Antrim Plateau volcanics of northern Australia Geophys. J. Roy. Astr. Soc. 20 1970 191-205
67. McElhinny M.W. Cowley J.A. Edwards D.J. Paleomagnetism of some rocks from peninsular India and Kashmir Tectonophysics 50 1978 41-54
68. McMenamin M.A.S. McMenamin D.L.S. The Emergence of Animals; The Cambrian Breakthrough 1990 Columbia Univ. Press New York
69. McWilliams M.O. McElhinny M.W. Late Precambrian paleomagnetism in Australia in the Adelaide geosyncline J. Geol. 88 1980 1-26
70. Meert J.G. A paleomagnetic analysis of Cambrian true polar wander Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 168 1999 131-144
71. Meert J.G. Growing Gondwana and rethinking Rodinia: a paleomagnetic perspective Gondwana Res. 4 2001 279-288
72. Meert J.G. Paleomagnetic evidence for a Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent Columbia Gondwana Res. 5 2002 207-216
73. Meert J.G. A synopsis of events related to the assembly of eastern Gondwana Tectonophysics 362 2003 1-40
74. Meert J.G. Powell C. McA. Introduction to the special volume on the assembly and breakup of Rodinia Precambrian Res. 110 2001 1-8
75. 39Ar study of the Sinyai dolerite, Kenya: implications for Gondwana assembly J. Geol. 104 1996 131-142
76. Meert J.G. Van der Voo R. Comment: new palaeomagnetic result from the Vendian red sediments in Cisbaikalia and the problem of the relationship of Siberia and Laurentia in the Vendian by S.A. Pisarevsky et al. Geophys. J. Int. 146 2001 867-870
77. Meert J.G. Van der Voo R. Payne T. Paleomagnetism of the Catoctin volcanic province: a new Vendian-Cambrian apparent polar wander path for North America J. Geophys. Res. 99 B3 1994 4625-4641
78. 39Ar studies of late Kibaran intrusives in Burundi, East Africa: implications for late Proterozoic supercontinents J. 1994 621-637
79. Meert J.G. Van der Voo R. Ayub S. Paleomagnetic investigation of the Neoproterozoic Gagwe lavas and Mbozi Complex, Tanzania and the assembly of Gondwana Precambrian Res. 74 1995 225-244
80. Meert J.G. Torsvik T.H. Eide E.A. Dahlgren S. Tectonic significance of the Fen Province, S. Norway: constraints from geochronology and paleomagnetism J. Geol. 106 1998 553-564
81. Meert J.G. Nédélec A. Hall C. Wingate M.T.D. Rakotondrazafy M. Paleomagnetism, geochronology and tectonic implications of the Cambrian-age Carion granite, central Madagascar Tectonophysics 340 2001 1-21
82. Meert J.G. Nédélec A. Hall C. The stratoid granites of central Madagascar: paleomagnetism and further age constraints on Neoproterozoic deformation Precambrian Res. 120 2003 101-129
83. Miller K.C. Hargraves R.B. Paleomagnetism of some Indian kimberlites and lamproites Precambrian Res. 69 1994 259-267
84. Moores E.M. Southwest U.S.-East Antarctic (SWEAT) connection: a hypothesis Geology 19 1991 425-428
85. Morris W.A. Aitken J.D. Paleomagnetism of the Little Dal Lavas, McKenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada Can. J. Earth Sci. 19 1982 2020-2027
86. Mosher S. Tectonic evolution of the southern Laurentian Grenville orogenic belt Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 110 1998 1357-1375
87. Murthy G. Gower C. Turrett M. Pätzold R. Paleomagnetism of the Eocambrian Long Range dykes and Double Mer Formation from Labrador, Canada Can. J. Earth Sci. 29 1992 1224-1234
88. Nairn A.E.M. Perry T.A. Ressetar R. Rogers S. A paleomagnetic study of the Dokhan volcanic formation and younger granites, eastern desert of Egypt J. Afr. Earth Sci. 6 1987 353-365
89. 39Ar results from the Namaqua Province and the Kheis Belt Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Afr. 89 1986 143-170
90. Osipova, E.P., 1986. Pole number 12060. In: Khramov, A.N. (Ed.), Paleomagnetic directions and paleomagnetic poles. Data for the USSR, Issue 6. Materials of the WDC-B, Moscow, p. 20 and 35 (in Russian).
91. Palmer H.C. Halls H.C. Paleomagnetism of the Powder Mill Group, Michigan and Wisconsin: a reassessment of the Logan Loop J. Geophys. Res. 91 1986 11571-11580
92. Park J.K. Paleomagnetism of basic intrusions from the Brock inlier, Northwest Territories, Canada Can. J. Earth Sci. 18 1981 1637-1641
93. Park J.K. Analysis of multicomponent magnetization of the Little Dal Group, Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada J. Geophys. Res. 86 1981 5134-5146
94. Park J.K. Did Laurentia pass over the south pole during earliest Cambrian time? Geol. Surv. Can. Pap. 92-1E 1992 11-22
95. Park J.K. Aitken J.D. Paleomagnetism of the late Proterozoic Tsezotene Formation of northwest Canada J. Geophys. Res. 91 1986 4955-4970
96. Patchett P.J. Bylund G. Age of Grenville Belt magnetization: Rb-Sr and paleomagnetic evidence from Swedish dolerites Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 35 1977 92-104
97. Pavlov V. Gallet Y. Middle Cambrian high magnetic reversal frequency (Kulumbe River section, northwestern Siberia) and reversal behavior during the early Paleozoic Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 185 2001 173-183
98. Pavlov V. Burakov K.S. Tsel'movich V.A. Zhuralev D.Z. Paleomagnetism of sills of the Uchur-Maya region and estimation of geomagnetic field strength in the late Riphean Izvestiya 28 1992 72-79
99. Pelechaty S.M. Stratigraphic evidence for the Siberia-Laurentia connection and early Cambrian rifting Geology 24 1996 719-722
100. Pesonen L.J. Bylund G. Torsvik T.H. Elming S.A. Mertanen S. Catalogue of palaeomagnetic directions from Fennoscandia: Archean to Tertiary Tectonophysics 195 1991 151-207
101. Piper J.D.A. Palaeomagnetic evidence for a Proterozoic supercontinent Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A280 1976 469-490
102. Piper J.D.A. Palaeomagnetism and the Continental Crust 1987 Open Univ. Press Milton Keynes
103. Piper J.D.A. The Neoproterozoic supercontinent: Rodinia or Palaeopangea? Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 176 2000 131-146
104. Pisarevsky S.A. Gurevich E.L. Khramov A.N. Paleomagnetism of lower Cambrian sediments from the Olenek River section (northern Siberia): paleopoles and the problem of magnetic polarity in the early Cambrian Geophys. J. Int. 130 1998 746-756
105. Pisarevsky S.A. Komissarova R.A. Khramov A.N. New paleomagnetic result from Vendian red sediments in Cisbaikalia and the problem of the relationship of Siberia and Laurentia in the Vendian Geophys. J. Int. 140 2000 598-610
106. Pisarevsky S.A. Li Z.X. Grey K. Stevens M.K. A palaeomagnetic study of Empress 1A, a stratigraphic drillhole in the Officer Basin: evidence for a low-latitude position of Australia in the Neoproterozoic Precambrian Res. 110 2001 93-108
107. Poorter R.P.E. Paleomagnetism of the Rogaland Precambrian (southwestern Norway) Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 5 1972 167-176
108. Powell C. McA. Pisarevsky S. Late Neoproterozoic assembly of East Gondwana Geology 30 2002 3-6
109. Powell C. McA. McElhinny M.W. Li Z.X. Meert J.G. Park J.K. Paleomagnetic constraints on timing of the Neoproterozoic breakup of Rodinia and the Cambrian formation of Gondwana Geology 21 1993 889-892
110. Powell C. McA. Jones D.L. Pisarevsky S. Wingate M.T.D. Paleomagnetic constraints on the position of the Kalahari craton in Rodinia Precambrian Res. 110 2001 33-46
111. Radhakrishna T. Joseph M. Late Precambrian (850-800 Ma) paleomagnetic pole for the south Indian Shield from the Harohalli alkaline dykes; geotectonic implications for Gondwana reconstructions Precambrian Res. 80 1996 77-87
112. Rainbird R.H. Stern R.A. Khudoley A.K. Kropachev A.P. Heamon L.M. Sukhorukov V.I. U-Pb geochronology of Riphean sandstone and gabbro from southeast Siberia and its bearing on the Laurentia-Siberia connection Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 164 1998 409-420
113. Rao G.V.S.P. Bhalla M.S. Magnetostratigraphy of the Vindhyan Supergroup J. Geol. Soc. India 47 1996 29-32
114. Rassmussen B. Bose P.K. Sarkar S. Banerjee S. Fletcher I.R. MacNaughton N.J. 1.6 Ga U-Pb zircon age for the Chorhat sandstone, lower Vindhyan, India: possible implications for early evolution of animals Geology 30 2002 103-106
115. Ray J.S. Martin M.W. Veizer J. Bowring S.A. U-Pb zircon dating and Sr isotope systematics of the Vindhyan Supergroup, India Geology 30 2002 131-134
116. Rehnström E.F. Corfu F. Torsvik T.H. Evidence of a late Precambrian (637 Ma) deformational event in the Caledonides of northern Sweden J. Geol. 110 2002 591-601
117. Reischmann Th. Bachtadse V. Kroner A. Layer P. Geochronology and paleomagnetism of a late Proterozoic island arc terrane from the Red Sea Hills, northeast Sudan Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 114 1992 1-15
118. Robb L.J. Armstrong R.A. Waters D.J. The history of granulite facies metamorphism and crustal growth from single zircon U-Pb geochronology: Namaqualand, South Africa J. Petrol. 40 1999 1747-1770
119. Rogers J.J.W. Santosh M. Configuration of Columbia, a Mesoproterozoic supercontinent Gondwana Res. 5 2002 5-22
120. Roy J.L. Robertson W.A. Paleomagnetism of the Jacobsville Formation and the apparent polar wander path for the interval 1100-670 m.y. for North America J. Geophys. Res. 83 1978 1289-1304
121. Rui Z.Q. Piper J.D.A. Paleomagnetic study of Neoproterozoic glacial rocks of the Yangzi Block; paleolatitudes and configuration of South China in the late Proterozoic supercontinent Precambrian Res. 85 1997 173-199
122. Sahasrabudhe P.W. Mishra D.C. Paleomagnetism of Vindhyan rocks of India Bull. NGRI 4 1966 49-55
123. Sears J.W. Price R.A. New look at the Siberian connection: no SWEAT Geology 28 2000 423-426
124. Smethurst M.A. Khramov A. Torsvik T.H. Paleomagnetic constraints on the Neoproterozoic-Palaeozoic drift history of the Siberian platform: Rodinia to Pangea Earth Sci. Rev. 43 1998 1-24
125. Sohl L.E. Christie-Blick N. Kent D.V. Paleomagnetic polarity reversals in Marinoan (∼600 Ma) glacial deposits of Australia: implications for the duration of low-latitude glaciation in the Neoproterozoic Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 111 1999 1120-1139
126. Stern R.J. Arc assembly and continental collision in the Neoproterozoic East African Orogen: implications for the assembly of Gondwanaland Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 22 1994 319-351
127. Suwa K. Tokieda M. Hoshino M. Paleomagnetic and petrological reconstruction of the Seychelles Precambrian Res. 69 1994 281-292
128. Symons D.T.A. Paleomagnetism of the Keewanawan Chipman Lake and Seabrook Lake carbonatite complexes, Ontario Can. J. Earth Sci. 29 1992 1215-1223
129. Symons D.T.A. Chiasson A.D. Paleomagnetism of the Callander Complex and the Cambrian apparent polar wander path for North America Can. J. Earth Sci. 28 1991 355-363
130. Tanczyk E.I. Lapointe P. Morris W.A. Schmidt P.W. A paleomagnetic study of the layered mafic intrusions at Sept-Iles, Quebec Can. J. Earth Sci. 24 1987 1431-1438
131. 39Ar and Rb-Sr geochronology of the Uruguayan dike swarm, Rio de la Plata craton and implications for Proterozoic intraplate activity in western Gondwana Precambrian Res. 93 1999 153-180
132. Tohver E. van der Pluijm B.A. Van der Voo R. Rizzoto G. Scandolara J.E. Paleogeography of the Amazon craton at 1.2 Ga: early Grenvillian collision with the Llano segment of Laurentia Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 199 2002 185-200
133. Torsvik T.H. Rehnström E.F. Cambrian paleomagnetic data from Baltica: implications for true polar wander and Cambrian paleogeography J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 158 2001 321-329
134. Torsvik T.H. Smethurst M.A. Meert J.G. Van der Voo R. McKerrow W.S. Sturt B.A. Brasier M.D. Walderhaug H.J. Continental breakup and collision in the Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic-a tale of Baltica and Laurentia Earth Sci. Rev. 40 1996 229-258
135. Torsvik T.H. Meert J.G. Smethurst M.A. Polar wander and the Cambrian Science 279 1998 9a
136. Torsvik T.H. Mosar J. Eide E.A. Cretaceous-Tertiary Geodynamics: a North Atlantic exercise Geophys. J. Int. 146 2001 850-867
137. Torsvik T.H. Carter L.M. Ashwal L.D. Bhushan S.K. Pandit M.K. Jamtveit B. Rodinia refined or obscured: paleomagnetism of the Malani igneous suite (NW India) Precambrian Res. 108 2001 319-333
138. Trompette R. Neoproterozoic (∼600 Ma) aggregation of Western Gondwana: a tentative scenario Precambrian Res. 82 1997 101-112
139. Van der Voo R. The reliability of paleomagnetic data Tectonophysics 184 1990 1-9
140. Van der Voo R. Meert J.G. Late Proterozoic paleomagnetism and tectonic models: a critical appraisal Precambrian Res. 53 1991 149-163
141. Van der Voo R. Torsvik T.H. Evidence for Permian and Mesozoic non-dipole fields provides an explanation for the Pangea reconstruction problems Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 187 2001 71-81
142. Walderhaug H.J. Torsvik T.H. Eide E.A. Sundvoll B. Bingen B. Geochronology and paleomagnetism of the Hunnedalen dykes, SW Norway: implications for the Sveconorwegian apparent polar wander loop Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 169 1999 71-83
143. Walter M.R. Veevers J.J. Calver C.R. Gorjan P. Hill A.C. Dating the 840-544 Ma Neoproterozoic interval by isotopes of strontium, carbon and sulfur in seawater, and some interpretative models Precambrian Res. 100 2000 371-432
144. Watts D.P. Paleomagnetism of the Fond du Lac formation and the Eileen and Middle River sections with implications for Keewanawan tectonics and the Grenville problem Can. J. Earth Sci. 18 1981 829-841
145. Weil A.B. Van der Voo R. MacNiocall C. Meert J.G. The Proterozoic supercontinent Rodinia: paleomagnetically derived reconstructions for 1100-800 Ma Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 154 1998 13-24
146. Wilde S.A. Youssef K. Significance of SHRIMP dating of the Imperial Porphry and associated Dokhan volcanics, Gebel Dokhan, northeastern Egypt J. Afr. Earth Sci. 31 2000 403-413
147. Wilson J.T. Did the Atlantic close and then re-open? Nature 211 1966 676-681
148. Wingate M.T.D. Giddings J.W. Age and paleomagnetism of the Mundine Well dyke swarm, western Australia: implications for an Australia-Laurentia connection at 750 Ma Precambrian Res. 100 2000 335-357
149. Wingate M.T.D. Pisarevsky S.A. Evans D.A.D. Rodinia connections between Australia and Laurentia: no SWEAT, no AUSWUS? Terra Nova 14 2002 121-128
150. Young G.M. Are Neoproterozoic glacial deposits preserved on the margins of Laurentia related to the fragmentation of two supercontinents? Geology 23 1995 153-156