Amalgamating eastern Gondwana: The evolution of the Circum-Indian Orogens

TL;DR: In this paper, geochronology and phase equilibria calculations for a variety of granulite types newly recognized from western Qaidam, China, which provide the first evidence that the Qadiam block experienced high-grade metamorphism in excess of 900°C before/at 540-520 ǫMa.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the subsidence of Paleozoic Australian intracontinental basins by comparing one-dimensional backstripped tectonic subsidence histories from the western Australian Canning and Southern Carnarvon basins and the central Australian Cooper Basin to forward subsidence models for pure shear lithospheric thinning.

TL;DR: In this paper, detrital zircons from the Neoproterozoic strata of the two margins were mainly sourced from the Panxi-Hannan arc and the Jiangnan orogen, signaling a rough selfsufficient sedimentary system.

TL;DR: In this article, the major and trace element contents of Sojat sandstones of the Trans Aravalli region, NW Indian shield were analyzed for their major element contents in conjunction with petrographic modes.

TL;DR: Comparative geology suggests that the continents adjacent to northern, western, southern, and eastern Laurentia in the Late Proterozoic were Siberia, Australia-Antarctica, southern Africa, and Amazonia-Baltica, respectively.

TL;DR: The most important, rapid, and enigmatic changes in our Earth's environment and biota occurred during the Neoproterozoic Era (1000-540 million years ago; Ma).