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

• Published in: Geoscience Frontiers
• Main Authors: Sebastián Oriolo, Pedro Oyhantçabal, Klaus Wemmer, Siegfried Siegesmund
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Brasiliano–Pan-African Orogeny; Neoproterozoic; Collisional tectonics; Pannotia; Metacratonization; Introversion-extroversion; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; Terra Australis; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2017.01.009; https://doaj.org/article/051865e573dd4333a5eaf96c6daa7f40

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 800–700 Ma is related to Rodinia break-up and the consequent opening of major ocea...