Contemporaneous assembly of Western Gondwana and final Rodinia break-up: Implications for the supercontinent cycle

• Main Authors: Oriolo, Sebastián, Oyhantçabal, Pedro, Wemmer, Klaus, Siegesmund, Siegfried
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: FID GEO 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; Terra Australis; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.23689/fidgeo-2751; https://e-docs.geo-leo.de/handle/11858/7064

Geological, geochronological and isotopic data are integrated in order to present a revised model for the Neoproterozoic evolution of Western Gondwana. Although the classical geodynamic scenario assumed for the period 800e700 Ma is related to Rodinia break-up and the consequent opening of major ocea...