@article{ScottMuhlingFletcheretal.2011,
  author    = {Scott, James and Muhling, Janet and Fletcher, Ian and Billia, Marco and Palin, J. Michael and Elliot, Tim and G{\"u}nter, Christina},
  title     = {The relationship of Palaeozoic metamorphism and S-type magmatism on the paleo-Pacific Gondwana margin},
  series = {Lithos : an international journal of mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry},
  volume    = {127},
  journal   = {Lithos : an international journal of mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry},
  number    = {3-4},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0024-4937},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.lithos.2011.09.008},
  pages     = {522 -- 534},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {A massive pulse of granitic magma was rapidly emplaced into the once contiguous West Antarctic and New Zealand segments of the palaeo-Pacific margin of the Gondwana supercontinent at similar to 371 Ma. In New Zealand, these Late Devonian S-type granitoids cover an areal extent of > 3400 km(2), but the tectonic setting for crustal partial melting has remained unclear because most of the exposure represents either emplacement-level, or rocks that have been reworked during Cretaceous orogenesis. New petrologic data indicate that aluminous paragneisses and orthogneisses in the Bonar Range represent a rare portion of Devonian middle crust that preserves evidence for the initiation of crustal melting. The investigated rocks outline the tail of a clockwise P-T path that involved partial melting at peak conditions (similar to 670 degrees C, 5.1 kb), deformation during the immediately following near-isothermal decompression, and then partial re-equilibration under static conditions. Syn- to post-kinematic growth of zoned monazite establishes the timing of recrystallisation to a similar to 16 Ma period that began at 373.4 +/- 4.1 Ma. This age overlaps with the initiation of regional Karamea S-type granitic magmatism. Although estimated metamorphic conditions were insufficient for large amounts of melt to have been produced from Bonar Range pelites (calculated melt volumes are <10\%), they do provide evidence consistent with widespread heating and partial melting in the deeper crust. This heating episode was contemporaneous with partial melting in Fiordland (New Zealand) and West Antarctica, although Mesozoic thermal and deformational events complicate the Palaeozoic record in both those areas. Nevertheless, the apparent 1000 s km of along-strike crustal partial melting indicates that a continental-scale tectonic plate margin re-organisation took place at this time. The cause in the New Zealand segment was most likely, but not unequivocally, an extensional tectonic regime with an elevated geothermal gradient caused by conductive heating from a shallowed lithospheric mantle.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MerdithWilliamsBruneetal.2018,
  author    = {Merdith, Andrew S. and Williams, Simon E. and Brune, Sascha and Collins, Alan S. and M{\"u}ller, R. Dietmar},
  title     = {Rift and plate boundary evolution across two supercontinent cycles},
  series = {Global and planetary change},
  volume    = {173},
  journal   = {Global and planetary change},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0921-8181},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.11.006},
  pages     = {1 -- 14},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {The extent of continental rifts and subduction zones through deep geological time provides insights into the mechanisms behind supercontinent cycles and the long term evolution of the mantle. However, previous compilations have stopped short of mapping the locations of rifts and subduction zones continuously since the Neoproterozoic and within a self-consistent plate kinematic framework. Using recently published plate models with continuously closing boundaries for the Neoproterozoic and Phanerozoic, we estimate how rift and peri-continental subduction length vary from 1 Ga to present and test hypotheses pertaining to the supercontinent cycle and supercontinent breakup. We extract measures of continental perimeter-to-area ratio as a proxy for the existence of a supercontinent, where during times of supercontinent existence the perimeter-to-area ratio should be low, and during assembly and dispersal it should be high. The amalgamation of Gondwana is clearly represented by changes in the length of peri-continental subduction and the breakup of Rodinia and Pangea by changes in rift lengths. The assembly of Pangea is not clearly defined using plate boundary lengths, likely because its formation resulted from the collision of only two large continents. Instead the assembly of Gondwana (ca. 520 Ma) marks the most prominent change in arc length and perimeter-to-area ratio during the last billion years suggesting that Gondwana during the Early Palaeozoic could explicitly be considered part of a Phanerozoic supercontinent. Consequently, the traditional understanding of the supercontinent cycle, in terms of supercontinent existence for short periods of time before dispersal and re-accretion, may be inadequate to fully describe the cycle. Instead, either a two-stage supercontinent cycle could be a more appropriate concept, or alternatively the time period of 1 to 0 Ga has to be considered as being dominated by supercontinent existence, with brief periods of dispersal and amalgamation.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Hahne2004,
  author    = {Hahne, Kai},
  title     = {Detektion eines mesozoischen Gangschwarmes in NW Namibia und Rekonstruktion regionaler Spannungszust{\"a}nde w{\"a}hrend der S{\"u}datlantik{\"o}ffnung},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-0001687},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {Gangschw{\"a}rme nehmen eine bedeutende Stellung im Verst{\"a}ndnis zur kontinentalen Fragmentierung ein. Einerseits markieren sie das Pal{\"a}o-Spannungsfeld und helfen bei der Rekonstruktion der strukturellen Entwicklung der gedehnten Lithosph{\"a}re, andererseits gibt ihre petrologische Beschaffenheit Aufschluß {\"u}ber die Entstehung des Magmas, Aufstieg und Platznahme und schließlich erlaubt ihre Altersbestimmung die Rekonstruktion einer chronologischen Reihenfolge magmatischer und struktureller Ereignisse. Das Arbeitsgebiet im namibianischen Henties Bay-Outjo Dike swarm (HOD) war zur Zeit der Unterkreide einem Rifting mit intensiver Platznahme von {\"u}berwiegend mafischen G{\"a}ngen unterworfen. Geochemische Signaturen weisen die G{\"a}nge als erodierte F{\"o}rderkan{\"a}le der Etendeka Plateaubasalte aus. Durch den Einsatz von hochaufl{\"o}senden Aeromagnetik- und Satellitendaten war es m{\"o}glich, die Geometrie des Gangschwarmes erstmals detailliert synoptisch zu erfassen. Viele zu den Schichten des Grundgebirges foliationsparallel verlaufende magnetische Anomalien k{\"o}nnen unaufgeschlossenen kretazischen Intrusionen zugeordnet werden. Bei der nach Norden propagierenden S{\"u}datlantik{\"o}ffnung spielte die unterschiedliche strukturelle Vorzeichnung durch die neoproterozoischen Falteng{\"u}rtel sowie Lithologie und Spannungsfeld des Angola Kratons eine bedeutende Rolle. Im k{\"u}stennahen zentralen Bereich war dank der Vorzeichnung des Nordost streichenden Damara-Falteng{\"u}rtels ein Rifting in Nordwest-S{\"u}dost-Richtung dominierend, bis das Angola Kraton ein weiteres Fortscheiten nach Nordosten hemmte und die Vorzeichnung des Nordwest streichenden Kaoko-Falteng{\"u}rtels an der Westgrenze den weiteren Riftverlauf und die letztendlich erfolgreiche {\"O}ffnung des S{\"u}datlantiks bestimmte. Aus diesem Grund kann das Gebiet des HOD als ein failed rift betrachtet werden. Die Entwicklung des Spannungsfeldes im HOD kann folgendermaßen skizziert werden: 1. Platznahme von G{\"a}ngen bei gleichzeitig hoher Dehnungsrate und hohem Magmenfluß. 2. Platznahme von Zentralvulkanen entlang reaktivierter pal{\"a}ozoischer Lineamente bei Abnahme der Dehnungsrate und fortbestehendem hohen Magmenfluß. 3. Abnahme/Versiegen des Magmenflusses und neotektonische Bewegungen f{\"u}hren zur Bildung von Halbgr{\"a}ben.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{CandanAkalKoralayetal.2016,
  author    = {Candan, O. and Akal, C. and Koralay, O. E. and Okay, A. I. and Oberh{\"a}nsli, Roland and Prelevic, D. and Mertz-Kraus, R.},
  title     = {Carboniferous granites on the northern margin of Gondwana, Anatolide-Tauride Block, Turkey - Evidence for southward subduction of Paleotethys},
  series = {Tectonophysics : international journal of geotectonics and the geology and physics of the interior of the earth},
  volume    = {683},
  journal   = {Tectonophysics : international journal of geotectonics and the geology and physics of the interior of the earth},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0040-1951},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.tecto.2016.06.030},
  pages     = {349 -- 366},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Carboniferous metagranites with U-Pb zircon crystallization ages of 331-315 Ma crop out in the Afyon zone in the northern margin of the Anatolide-Tauride Block, which is commonly regarded as part of Gondwana during the Late Palaeozoic. They are peraluminous, calc-alkaline and are characterized by increase in Rb and Ba, decrease in Nb-Ta, and enrichment in Sr and high LILE/HFSE ratios compatible with a continental arc setting. The metagranites intrude a metasedimentary sequence of phyllite, metaquartzite and marble; both the Carboniferous metagranites and metasedimentary rocks are overlain unconformably by Lower Triassic metaconglomerates, metavolcanics and Upper Triassic to Cretaceous recrystallized limestones. The low-grade metamorphism and deformation occurred at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. There is no evidence for Carboniferous deformation and metamorphism in the region. Carboniferous arc-type granites and previously described Carboniferous subduction-accretion complexes on the northern margin of the Anatolide-Tauride Block suggest southward subduction of Paleotethys under Gondwana during the Carboniferous. Considering the Variscan-related arc granites in Pelagonian and Sakarya zones on the active southern margin of Laurasia, a dual subduction of Paleotethys can be envisaged between Early Carboniferous and Late Permian. However, the southward subduction was short-lived and by the Late Permian the Gondwana margin became passive. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
  language  = {en}
}