All Articles tagged plate reconstruction

• Science Paper
  October 01, 2022 EDT
  The Assabet Barcode: Mesoproterozoic Detrital Zircons in Neoproterozoic Strata From Mauritania, West Africa
  Dwight C. BradleyDavid A. D. EvansPaul O'SullivanCliff D. TaylorBruce M. Eglington

  Detrital zircon data are reported from Mesoproterozoic to Ordovician strata from two tectonic domains in Mauritania: 14 samples from the Taoudeni Basin of the West African Craton and 15 samples...

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• Science Paper
  June 01, 2021 EDT
  Reconstructing Lost Plates of the Panthalassa Ocean Through Paleomagnetic Data From circum-Pacific Accretionary Orogens
  Lydian M. BoschmanDouwe J.J. van HinsbergenCor G. LangereisKennet E. FloresPeter J.J. KampDavid L. KimbroughHayato UedaSuzanna H.A. van de LagemaatErik van der WielWim Spakman

  The Panthalassa Ocean, which surrounded the late Paleozoic-early Mesozoic Pangea supercontinent, was underlain by multiple tectonic plates that have since been lost to subduction. In this study, we develop an...

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