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dc.contributor.authorBogdanova , S.
dc.contributor.authorPisarevsky, S.
dc.contributor.authorLi, Zheng-Xiang
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:48:33Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:48:33Z
dc.date.created2010-02-21T20:02:50Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationBogdanova, S and Pisarevsky, Sergei and Li, Zheng-Xiang. 2009. Assembly and breakup of Rodinia (Some Results of IGCP Project 440). Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation. 17 (3): pp. 259-274.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5790
dc.description.abstract

The principal results of project 440 'Assembly and Breakup of Rodinia' of the International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) are reviewed in this work. A map of that supercontinent compiled using geological and paleomagnetic data describes global paleogeography 900 Ma ago. The assembly of Rodinia, which comprised most of Precambrian continental blocks, lasted ca. 400 m.y. (from 1300 to 900 Ma). Its breakup presumably triggered by mantle superplume took place between 830 and 650 Ma. The correlation between tectonic events in different continental blocks is considered. Some problems concerning the Rodinia reconstruction and history, e.g. the slow growth of juvenile crust and effects of mantle-plume events during the amalgamation period and of glaciations at the breakup time, are discussed. The latter caused changes in the biosphere and climate, whereas post glacial periods stimulated progress in biota evolution.

dc.publisherMaik Nauka/Interperiodica/Springer
dc.subjectmantle - plume
dc.subjectglaciation
dc.subjectRodinia
dc.subjectpaleogeographic reconstruction
dc.subjectsupercontinent
dc.subjectNeoproterozoic
dc.subjectMesoproterozoic
dc.titleAssembly and Breakup of Rodinia(Some Results of IGCP Project 440)
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume17
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPage259
dcterms.source.endPage274
dcterms.source.issn08695938
dcterms.source.titleStratigraphy and Geological Correlation
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curtin.facultyDepartment of Applied Geology
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering
curtin.facultyWA School of Mines


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