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The Palaeozoic geography of Laurentia and western Laurussia: A stable craton with mobile margins
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The Laurentian Craton was variably flooded at many times with epeiric seas, which formed optimal numbers of ecological niches which in turn encouraged animal speciation and evolution as mentioned in this paper.About:
This article is published in Earth-Science Reviews.The article was published on 2011-05-01. It has received 275 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Laurentia & Supercontinent.read more
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Phanerozoic polar wander, palaeogeography and dynamics
Trond H. Torsvik,Rob Van der Voo,Rob Van der Voo,Ulla Preeden,Conall Mac Niocaill,Bernhard Steinberger,Bernhard Steinberger,Pavel V. Doubrovine,Pavel V. Doubrovine,Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen,Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen,Mathew Domeier,Mathew Domeier,Carmen Gaina,Carmen Gaina,Eric Tohver,Joseph G. Meert,Phil J.A. McCausland,L. Robin M. Cocks +18 more
TL;DR: A significant number of new palaeomagnetic poles have become available since the last time a compilation was made (assembled in 2005, published in 2008) to indicate to us that a new and significantly expanded set of tables with palaeOMagnetic results would be valuable, with results coming from the Gondwana cratonic elements, Laurentia, Baltica/Europe, and Siberia as mentioned in this paper.
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Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea
Guochun Zhao,Guochun Zhao,Yuejun Wang,Baochun Huang,Yunpeng Dong,Sanzhong Li,Guowei Zhang,Shan Yu +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors carried out geological and paleomagnetic investigations on East Asian blocks and associated orogenic belts, supported by a NSFC Major Program entitled “Reconstructions of East Asian Blocks in Pangea”.
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Gondwana from top to base in space and time
TL;DR: Gondwana is reviewed from the unification of its several cratons in the Late Neoproterozoic, through its combination with Laurussia in the Carboniferous to form Pangea and up to its progressive fragmentation in the Mesozoic.
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Plate tectonics in the late Paleozoic
Mathew Domeier,Trond H. Torsvik +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a model for the late Paleozoic (410-250 million years ago) is presented, together with a review of the underlying data, which can be used for numerical mantle modeling, and serve as a general framework for understanding late paleozoic tectonics.
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Outward-growth of the Tibetan Plateau during the Cenozoic: A review ☆
Chengshan Wang,Jingen Dai,Xixi Zhao,Xixi Zhao,Yalin Li,Stephan A. Graham,Dengfa He,Bo Ran,Jun Meng +8 more
TL;DR: The surface uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) offers a key testing ground for evaluating models of collisional tectonics and holds important implications for processes ranging from global cooling to the onset of the Asian monsoon as mentioned in this paper.
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A chronology of Paleozoic sea-level changes.
Bilal U. Haq,Stephen R. Schutter +1 more
TL;DR: A history of sea-level fluctuations for the entire Paleozoic by using stratigraphic sections from pericratonic and cratonic basins is reconstructed, revealing a gradual rise through the Cambrian and a short-lived but prominent withdrawal in response to Hirnantian glaciation.
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The Fit of the Continents around the Atlantic
TL;DR: Fits made by numerical methods, with a ‘least squares’ criterion of fit, for the continents around the Atlantic ocean are described, finding the best fit to be at the 500 fm contour which lies on the steep part of the continental edge.
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