Paleomagnetic constraints on timing of the Neoproterozoic breakup of Rodinia and the Cambrian formation of Gondwana

120 to 0 Ma tectonic evolution of the southwest Pacific and analogous geological evolution of the 600 to 220 Ma Tasman Fold Belt System

“…Powell et al (1993Powell et al ( , 1994 and Powell (1998) suggested that breakup between Laurentia and Australia-Antarctica happened shortly after 750 Ma and that it occurred along the Tasman Line, and Preiss (2000) considered that breakup occurred at ca 700 Ma, closely associated with the Sturtian glaciation. Wingate and Giddings (2000) presented evidence indicating that breakup occurred prior to 755 Ma.…”

Signatures of Late Neoproterozoic Gondwana assembly and Maronian glaciation in Lesser Himalaya: a palaeogeographical and stratigraphical approach

“…13; Jiang et al 2003). Rodinia break-up is dated at 750 Ma (Powell et al 1993) and that major event may be associated with instability of the Lesser Himalayan . Palaeogeographical reconstruction of South China and India during: A -900 Ma (modified after Cawood and Buchan, 2007); B -750 Ma (modified after Li et al 2004), and C -590-543 Ma -early Cambrian; blue arrows in C indicate palaeoflows from shelf to basin (modified after Lin and Fuller 1990) Macouin et al 2004) episodes and their probable proximity during Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian time.…”

Organization of pre-Variscan basement areas at the north-Gondwanan margin

“…Independent of configuration (Rodinia: Hoffmann 1991, Dalziel 1992, Unrug 1997Palaeopangaea: Piper 2000), continental dispersal led to the Cambrian formation of Gondwana (e.g. Powell et al 1993). Rapid drift of large continents is assumed for the Neoproterozoic (Gurnis and Torsvik 1994), and an active continental margin setting is accepted for the Cadomian belt (Brown 1995;, where subduction may have been related to the opening of Iapetus (Grunow et al 1996).…”