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

• Published in: Geoscience Frontiers
• Main Authors: Oriolo, Sebastián, Oyhantçabal, Pedro, Wemmer, Klaus, Siegesmund, Siegfried
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: 550; Antarctic; Terra Australis; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/59029; https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/14809; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2017.01.009

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...