Is the rate of supercontinent assembly changing with time?

To address the question of secular changes in the speed of the supercontinent cycle, we use two major databases for the last 2.5 Gyr: the timing and locations of collisional and accretionary orogens, and average plate velocities as deduced from paleomagnetic and paleogeographic data. Peaks in craton...

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Main Authors: Condie, K., Pisarevskiy, Sergei, Korenaga, J., Gardoll, Stephen
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2898