Pan-African is Pan-Gondwanaland:Oblique convergence drives rotation during 650-500 Ma assembly

• Main Author: Veevers, JJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Gondwanaland; assembly; rotation; oblique convergence; 650-500 Ma; CENTRAL TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; EAST-ANTARCTICA; MOZAMBIQUE BELT; BEARDMORE GROUP; WEST GONDWANA; BRAZIL; SUPERCONTINENT; GRENVILLE; CRATON; AGE; Beardmore; East Antarctica; Pacific; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/3e649521-02c1-4174-884e-ed251c9e0b91

Gondwanaland was assembled by 650-570 Ma oblique subduction of ocean floor between cratons, including the Mozambique Ocean between West and East Gondwanaland. Oblique convergence set the cratons into a series of counterrotating cogs that sheared the intervening fold belts. The 550-490 Ma oblique sub...