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Pannotia: in defence of its existence and geodynamic significance

View ORCID ProfileJ. Brendan Murphy, View ORCID ProfileR. Damian Nance, View ORCID ProfilePeter A. Cawood, William J. Collins, View ORCID ProfileWei Dan, Luc S. Doucet, View ORCID ProfilePhilip J. Heron, View ORCID ProfileZheng-Xiang Li, Ross N. Mitchell, View ORCID ProfileSergei Pisarevsky, View ORCID ProfilePeir K. Pufahl, Cecilio Quesada, Christopher J. Spencer, Rob A. Strachan and View ORCID ProfileLei Wu
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 13-39, 27 August 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-96
J. Brendan Murphy
1Department of Earth Sciences, St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5, Canada
2Earth Dynamics Research Group, the Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, WA 6845, Australia
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3Department of Geological Sciences, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
4Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Charles University, Prague 2, 12843, Czech Republic
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Peter A. Cawood
5School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Wei Dan
6State Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Luc S. Doucet
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Zheng-Xiang Li
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Ross N. Mitchell
8State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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9Institute of the Earth's Crust, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Lermontova 128, Irkutsk 664033, Russia
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10Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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Cecilio Quesada
11Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), C/Ríos Rosas, 23, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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Christopher J. Spencer
2Earth Dynamics Research Group, the Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, WA 6845, Australia
10Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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12School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK
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Lei Wu
2Earth Dynamics Research Group, the Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, WA 6845, Australia
13Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E1, Canada
14Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 Rue University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 0E8, Canada
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Abstract

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 geology. Scenarios involving quasi-stationary mantle convection patterns are not supported by the geological record. A scenario involving feedback between the supercontinent cycle and global mantle convection patterns predicts upwellings beneath the Gondwanan portion of Pannotia and the arrival of plumes along the entire Gondwanan (but not Laurentian) margin beginning at c. 0.6 Ga. Such a scenario is compatible with regional geology, but the candidates for plume magmatism we propose require testing by detailed geochemical and isotopic studies. If verified, this scenario could provide geodynamic explanations for the origins of the late Neoproterozoic and Early Paleozoic Iapetus and Rheic oceans and the terranes that were repeatedly detached from their margins.

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Pannotia: in defence of its existence and geodynamic significance

J. Brendan Murphy, R. Damian Nance, Peter A. Cawood, William J. Collins, Wei Dan, Luc S. Doucet, Philip J. Heron, Zheng-Xiang Li, Ross N. Mitchell, Sergei Pisarevsky, Peir K. Pufahl, Cecilio Quesada, Christopher J. Spencer, Rob A. Strachan and Lei Wu
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 503, 13-39, 27 August 2020, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-96
J. Brendan Murphy
1Department of Earth Sciences, St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5, Canada
2Earth Dynamics Research Group, the Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, WA 6845, Australia
Roles: [Conceptualization (Lead)], [Formal analysis (Lead)], [Methodology (Lead)], [Writing - Original Draft (Lead)], [Writing - Review & Editing (Lead)]
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R. Damian Nance
3Department of Geological Sciences, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
4Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Charles University, Prague 2, 12843, Czech Republic
Roles: [Conceptualization (Equal)], [Formal analysis (Supporting)], [Methodology (Supporting)], [Validation (Supporting)], [Writing - Original Draft (Supporting)], [Writing - Review & Editing (Supporting)]
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Peter A. Cawood
5School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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William J. Collins
2Earth Dynamics Research Group, the Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, WA 6845, Australia
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Wei Dan
6State Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Luc S. Doucet
2Earth Dynamics Research Group, the Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, WA 6845, Australia
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7Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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Zheng-Xiang Li
2Earth Dynamics Research Group, the Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, WA 6845, Australia
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Ross N. Mitchell
8State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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Sergei Pisarevsky
2Earth Dynamics Research Group, the Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, WA 6845, Australia
9Institute of the Earth's Crust, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Lermontova 128, Irkutsk 664033, Russia
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Peir K. Pufahl
10Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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Cecilio Quesada
11Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), C/Ríos Rosas, 23, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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Christopher J. Spencer
2Earth Dynamics Research Group, the Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, WA 6845, Australia
10Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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Rob A. Strachan
12School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK
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Lei Wu
2Earth Dynamics Research Group, the Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR), School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, WA 6845, Australia
13Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E1, Canada
14Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 Rue University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 0E8, Canada
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Pannotia: in defence of its existence and geodynamic significance

J. Brendan Murphy, R. Damian Nance, Peter A. Cawood, William J. Collins, Wei Dan, Luc S. Doucet, Philip J. Heron, Zheng-Xiang Li, Ross N. Mitchell, Sergei Pisarevsky, Peir K. Pufahl, Cecilio Quesada, Christopher J. Spencer, Rob A. Strachan and Lei Wu
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