Supercontinent Cycles is a geological theory that describes the periodic aggregation and dispersal of Earth's continental crust into a single supercontinent over timescales of several hundred million years, driven by mantle convection and plate tectonic processes.
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Supercontinent Cycle
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Review of global 2.1–1.8 Ga orogens: implications for a pre-Rodinia supercontinent
Guochun Zhao, Peter A. Cawood, Simon A. Wilde et al. · Earth-Science Reviews · 2002 · 1.6K citations
The supercontinent cycle: A retrospective essay
R. Damian Nance, J. Brendan Murphy, M. Santosh · Gondwana Research · 2013 · 735 citations
Proterozoic East Gondwana: Supercontinent Assembly and Breakup
Masaru Yoshida · Gondwana Research · 2003 · 612 citations
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Curtin University
Perth, Australia
27 h-index
70 publications
6.9K citations
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
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26 publications
1.5K citations
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China
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41 publications
4.1K citations
Institute of Geology and Geophysics
Beijing, China
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26 publications
2.5K citations
St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish, Canada
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12 publications
2.2K citations
Kōchi University
Kochi, Japan
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11 publications
2.9K citations
China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
Beijing, China
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17 publications
1.7K citations
Yale University
New Haven, United States
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14 publications
1.5K citations
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- Gondwana Research
32 publications · 4.7K citations
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- Precambrian Research
28 publications · 2.9K citations
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- Geological Society London Special Publications
19 publications · 1.1K citations
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- Geology
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- Earth-Science Reviews
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