Locating South China in Rodinia and Gondwana: A fragment of greater India lithosphere?
University of Western Australia · University of St Andrews · +4 more institutions
Abstract
From the formation of Rodinia at the end of the Mesoproterozoic to the commencement of Pangea breakup at the end of the Paleozoic, the South China craton fi rst formed and then occupied a position adjacent to Western Australia and northern India. Early Neoproterozoic suprasubduction zone magmatic arc-backarc assemblages in the craton range in age from ca. 1000 Ma to 820 Ma and display a sequential northwest decrease in age. These relations suggest formation and closure of arc systems through southeast-directed subduction, resulting in progressive northwestward accretion onto the periphery of an already assembled Rodinia. Siliciclastic units within an early Paleozoic succession that transgresses across the…
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4Topics & keywords
- Rodinia
- Gondwana
- Craton
- Geology
- Supercontinent
- Paleozoic
- Paleontology
- Zircon
- Life below water