Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma
- M. Seton, R. Müller, M. T. Chandler
- Geology
- 1 July 2012
Phanerozoic polar wander, palaeogeography and dynamics
- T. Torsvik, R. Voo, L. Cocks
- Geography, Environmental Science
- 1 September 2012
Earth geography from 500 to 400 million years ago: a faunal and palaeomagnetic review
- L. Cocks, T. Torsvik
- Environmental Science, GeographyJournal of the Geological Society
- 1 December 2002
Very different palaeogeographical reconstructions have been produced by a combination of palaeomagnetic and faunal data, which are re-evaluated on a global basis for the period from 500 to 400 Ma,…
Continental break-up and collision in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic — A tale of Baltica and Laurentia
- T. Torsvik, M. Smethurst, H. Walderhaug
- Geology, Environmental Science
- 1 June 1996
Global plate motion frames: Toward a unified model
- T. Torsvik, R. Müller, R. Van der Voo, B. Steinberger, C. Gaina
- Geology
- 1 September 2008
Plate tectonics constitutes our primary framework for understanding how the Earth works over geological timescales. High‐resolution mapping of relative plate motions based on marine geophysical data…
Reply to comment by D. Aslanian and M. Moulin on ‘A new scheme for the opening of the South Atlantic Ocean and the dissection of an Aptian salt basin’
- T. Torsvik, S. Rousse, M. Smethurst
- Geology
- 1 June 2009
SUMMARY
In their comment, Aslanian & Moulin argue that our model of South Atlantic opening is incompatible with several kinematic and geological constraints as recently evaluated in Moulin et al.…
Absolute plate motions in a reference frame defined by moving hot spots in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans
- P. Doubrovine, B. Steinberger, T. Torsvik
- Environmental Science
- 1 September 2012
[1] We defined a new global moving hot spot reference frame (GMHRF), using a comprehensive set of radiometric dates from arguably the best-studied hot spot tracks, refined plate circuit…
Plume Generation Zones at the margins of Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces on the core–mantle boundary
- K. Burke, B. Steinberger, T. Torsvik, M. Smethurst
- Geology
- 15 January 2008
Baltica from the late Precambrian to mid-Palaeozoic times: The gain and loss of a terrane's identity
- L. Cocks, T. Torsvik
- Geography, Environmental Science
- 1 September 2005
Greater India Basin hypothesis and a two-stage Cenozoic collision between India and Asia
- D. V. van Hinsbergen, P. Lippert, T. Torsvik
- GeologyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 30 April 2012
It is suggested that the approximately 50 Ma “India”–Asia collision was a collision of a Tibetan-Himalayan microcontinent with Asia, followed by subduction of the largely oceanic Greater India Basin along a subduction zone at the location of the Greater Himalaya.
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