The making and unmaking of a supercontinent: Rodinia revisited

2003/10/09 by Joseph G. Meert, Trond H. Torsvik · 16 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Apparent polar wander #Baltica #Craton #Earth science #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Gondwana #Laurentia #Ordovician #Paleomagnetism #Paleontology #Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils #Paleozoic #Rodinia #Supercontinent #Tectonics

paper · doi:10.1016/s0040-1951(03)00342-1

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• Cambrian palaeomagnetic data from Baltica: implications for true polar wander and Cambrian palaeogeography
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• Palaeopangaea in Meso-Neoproterozoic times: The palaeomagnetic evidence and implications to continental integrity, supercontinent form and Eocambrian break-up
• Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea
• On the origins of the Iapetus Ocean
• Baltica from the late Precambrian to mid-Palaeozoic times: The gain and loss of a terrane's identity
• The Egersund dykes (SW Norway): a robust Early Ediacaran (Vendian) palaeomagnetic pole from Baltica
• Columbia revisited: Paleomagnetic results from the 1790Ma colider volcanics (SW Amazonian Craton, Brazil)
• A palaeomagnetic and palaeobiogeographical perspective on latest Neoproterozoic and early Cambrian tectonic events
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• Iapetus Ocean [wikipedia]
• Pannotia [wikipedia]
• Rodinia [wikipedia]