Pannotia: In defence of its existence and geodynamic significance

J. B. Murphy, R. D. Nance, P. A. Cawood, W. J. Collins, W. Dan, L. S. Doucet, P. J. Heron, Z.-X. Li, R. N. Mitchell, S. Pisarevsky, P. K. Pufahl, C. Quesada (+3 others)
2020 Geological Society Special Publication  
The status of Pannotia as an Ediacaran supercontinent, or even its mere existence as a coherent large landmass, is controversial. The effect of its hypothesized amalgamation is generally ignored in mantle convection models claiming the transition from Rodinia to Pangaea represents a single supercontinent cycle. We apply three geodynamic scenarios to Pannotia amalgamation that are tested using regional
doi:10.1144/sp503-2020-96 fatcat:u7xknzjbkrfn3o5hk3hztpp3oy