A Positive Test of East Antarctica–Laurentia Juxtaposition Within the Rodinia Supercontinent
@article{Goodge2008APT,
title={A Positive Test of East Antarctica–Laurentia Juxtaposition Within the Rodinia Supercontinent},
author={John W. Goodge and Jeffrey D. Vervoort and Christopher Fanning and Devon M Brecke and G. L. Farmer and Ian S. Williams and Paul M. Myrow and Donald J. DePaolo},
journal={Science},
year={2008},
volume={321},
pages={235 - 240}
}The positions of Laurentia and other landmasses in the Precambrian supercontinent of Rodinia are controversial. Although geological and isotopic data support an East Antarctic fit with western Laurentia, alternative reconstructions favor the juxtaposition of Australia, Siberia, or South China. New geologic, age, and isotopic data provide a positive test of the juxtaposition with East Antarctica: Neodymium isotopes of Neoproterozoic rift-margin strata are similar; hafnium isotopes of ∼1.4…
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