Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: A synthesis

Precambrian Research

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 179-210

  Li, Z X ^a,g   Bogdanova, S V ^b   Collins, A S ^c   Davidson, A ^d   De Waele, B ^a   Ernst, R E ^e,f   Fitzsimons, I C W ^g   Fuck, R A ^h   Gladkochub, D P ⁱ   Jacobs, J ^j   Karlstrom, K E ^k   Lu, S ^l   Natapov, L M ^m   Pease, V ⁿ   Pisarevsky, S A ^a   Thrane, K ^o   Vernikovsky, V ^p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e Ernst Geosciences   (Canada)

^f CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH S CRUST   (Russian Federation)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^k Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences ^*  (United States)

^l TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^m MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁿ STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^o UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^p SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

Continental rift; Gondwanaland; Grenvillian; Mantle plume; Mesoproterozoic; Neoproterozoic; Rodinia; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

CRATON; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; MANTLE PLUME; OROGENY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PANGAEA; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; RIFTING; RODINIA; SLAB;

EID: 36249028109     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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