Continental break-up and collision in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic — A tale of Baltica and Laurentia

1996/06/01 by T TORSVIK, Trond H. Torsvik, M SMETHURST +12 · 21 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Baltica #Craton #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies #Gondwana #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Laurentia #Ordovician #Orogeny #Paleontology #Paleozoic #Precambrian #Proterozoic #Rift #Rodinia #Supercontinent #Tectonics

paper · doi:10.1016/0012-8252(96)00008-6

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Citations

• The fit of the continents around the Atlantic
• Did the Atlantic Close and then Re-Open?
• Did the Breakout of Laurentia Turn Gondwanaland Inside-Out?
• On the Relative Importance of the Driving Forces of Plate Motion
• Orogenic uplift and collapse, crustal thickness, fabrics and metamorphic phase changes: the role of eclogites
• Faunal evidence for oceanic separations in the Palaeozoic of Britain

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• Baltica from the late Precambrian to mid-Palaeozoic times: The gain and loss of a terrane's identity
• Baltica, Amazonia and the SAMBA connection—1000 million years of neighbourhood during the Proterozoic?
• The Egersund dykes (SW Norway): a robust Early Ediacaran (Vendian) palaeomagnetic pole from Baltica
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• A palaeomagnetic and palaeobiogeographical perspective on latest Neoproterozoic and early Cambrian tectonic events
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• Long-lived, cold burial of Baltica to 200 km depth
• A Cordilleran model for the evolution of Avalonia
• Onset of seafloor spreading in the Iapetus Ocean at 608 Ma: precise age of the Sarek Dyke Swarm, northern Swedish Caledonides
• The integration of palaeomagnetism, the geological record and mantle tomography in the location of ancient continents
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• Baltica [wikipedia]
• Iapetus Ocean [wikipedia]
• Laurasia [wikipedia]