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Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Volume 470, 2019
Fifty Years of the Wilson Cycle Concept in Plate Tectonics
Edited by:
R. W. Wilson, BP Exploration Operating Company, UK
G. A. Houseman, University of Leeds, UK
K. J. W. McCaffrey, Durham University, UK
A. G. Doré, Energy & Geoscience Institute, UK and
S. J. H. Buiter, Geological Survey of Norway, Norway University of Oslo, Norway

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    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, NP, 24 October 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470

Introduction

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    Fifty years of the Wilson Cycle concept in plate tectonics: an overview
    R. W. Wilson, G. A. Houseman, S. J. H. Buiter, K. J. W. McCaffrey and A. G. Doré
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 1-17, 25 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470-2019-58

The Classic Wilson v. Supercontinent Cycles

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    The classic Wilson cycle revisited
    Ian W. D. Dalziel and John F. Dewey
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 19-38, 9 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.1
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    Supercontinents: myths, mysteries, and milestones
    Daniel Pastor-Galán, R. Damian Nance, J. Brendan Murphy and Christopher J. Spencer
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 39-64, 8 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.16
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    Supercontinents and the case for Pannotia
    R. Damian Nance and J. Brendan Murphy
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 65-86, 1 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.5

Mantle Dynamics in the Wilson Cycle

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    Mantle plumes and mantle dynamics in the Wilson cycle
    Philip J. Heron
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 87-103, 19 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470-2018-97

Tectonic Inheritance in the Lithosphere

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    Tectonic inheritance, structure reactivation and lithospheric strength: the relevance of geological history
    A. M. C. Şengör, Nalan Lom and Nurbike G. Sağdıç
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 105-136, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.8
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    Exploring the theory of plate tectonics: the role of mantle lithosphere structure
    Philip J. Heron, Russell N. Pysklywec and Randell Stephenson
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 137-155, 1 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.7
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    Potential role of lithospheric mantle composition in the Wilson cycle: a North Atlantic perspective
    Pauline Chenin, Suzanne Picazo, Suzon Jammes, Gianreto Manatschal, Othmar Müntener and Garry Karner
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 157-172, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.10
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    Rheological inheritance: lessons from the Death Valley region, US Basin and Range Province
    Rodrigo D. Lima, Nicholas W. Hayman and Elena Miranda
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 173-204, 21 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.14
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    Multi-phase reactivations and inversions of Paleozoic–Mesozoic extensional basins during the Wilson cycle: case studies from the North Sea (UK) and the Northern Apennines (Italy)
    Vittorio Scisciani, Stefano Patruno, Enrico Tavarnelli, Fernando Calamita, Paolo Pace and David Iacopini
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 205-243, 3 May 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470-2017-232

Revisiting Tuzo's question on the Atlantic

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    Examining the influence of tectonic inheritance on the evolution of the North Atlantic using a palinspastic deformable plate reconstruction
    Bridget E. Ady and Richard C. Whittaker
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 245-264, 19 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.9
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    Role of Avalonia in the development of tectonic paradigms
    J. Brendan Murphy, R. Damian Nance, J. Duncan Keppie and Jaroslav Dostal
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 265-287, 23 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.12
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    Diachronous Paleozoic accretion of peri-Gondwanan terranes at the Laurentian margin
    John W. F. Waldron, David I. Schofield and J. Brendan Murphy
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 289-310, 29 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.11
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    Inversion of Taconian extensional structures during Paleozoic orogenesis in western Newfoundland
    Shawna E. White and John W. F. Waldron
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 311-336, 6 June 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.17
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    Tectonic inheritance at multiple scales during more than two complete Wilson cycles recorded in eastern North America
    William A. Thomas
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 337-352, 9 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.4
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    Late Paleozoic extensional reactivation of the Rheic–Rhenohercynian suture zone in SW England, the English Channel and Western Approaches
    Andrew C. Alexander, Robin K. Shail and Brian E. Leveridge
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 353-373, 4 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.19

Opening and Closing of Oceans

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    Non-Wilsonian break-up predisposed by transforms: examples from the North Atlantic and Arctic
    E. R. Lundin and A. G. Doré
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 375-392, 21 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.6
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    The Jan Mayen microplate complex and the Wilson cycle
    Christian Schiffer, Alexander Peace, Jordan Phethean, Laurent Gernigon, Ken McCaffrey, Kenni D. Petersen and Gillian Foulger
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 393-414, 1 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.2
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    The subduction initiation stage of the Wilson cycle
    Robert Hall
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 415-437, 19 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.3
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    3D numerical modelling of the Wilson cycle: structural inheritance of alternating subduction polarity
    Stéphane J. Beaussier, Taras V. Gerya and Jean-Pierre Burg
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 439-461, 2 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.15

Cratonic Basins and their place in the Wilson Cycle

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    Cratonic basins and the Wilson cycle: a perspective from the Parnaíba Basin, Brazil
    M. C. Daly, B. Tozer and A. B. Watts
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 463-477, 3 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.13
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