Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Geochemical and mineralogical evidence that Rodinian assembly was unique

  • Chao Liu,
  • Andrew H. Knoll,
  • Robert M. Hazen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02095-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

Read online

The supercontinent Rodinia has been hypothesised to have formed in a different manner from other supercontinents. Here, the authors report geochemical and mineralogical evidence for prevalence of non-arc magmatism and enhanced erosion of volcanic arcs and orogens during Rodinian assembly.