Geochronological results from the Zhela Formation volcanics of the Tethyan Himalaya and their implications for the breakup of eastern Gondwana [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 The relationship between the Kerguelen mantle plume and the breakup of eastern Gondwana is still debated. The new Zircon SHRIMP U–Pb dating of 139.9 ± 4.6 Ma, as well as previous ages from the Zhela Formation volcanic rocks in the Tethyan Himalaya, show ...
Jiacheng Liang +11 more
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Dispersal of Late Triassic clam shrimps across Pangea linking northwestern Gondwana and central Pangea rift basins [PDF]
Scientific ReportsClam shrimps are a group of freshwater crustaceans who prospered during the Late Triassic. They were abundant in lacustrine sedimentary records of continental basins distributed throughout Pangea during this time. However, they show significant taxonomic
Carlos M. Alarcón +4 more
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Early land plant remains from the uppermost Ordovician–?lowermost Silurian Cedarberg Formation of South Africa [PDF]
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2023 The Cape Supergroup forms a regionally extensive and extremely thick Ordovician to Carboniferous succession of sedimentary rocks in southwestern South Africa.
Charles H. Wellman +2 more
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Synthesis and Photoluminescence characterization of Sr3La(AlO)3(BO3)4:Eu3+,Sm3+ Phosphor for W-LED
Фізика і хімія твердого тіла, 2023 A Red emitting with high efficiency Eu3+ doped Sr3La(AlO)3(BO3)4 and Sm3+ doped Sr3La(AlO)3(BO3)4 phosphors has been synthesized by combustion method, meanwhile, the photoluminescence properties of samples are investigated in detail.
R.M. Yerojwar +3 more
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Polar Research, 2021 The Cretaceous “high-fire” period was a global event that reached almost all continental masses during that period in Earth’s history. The extensive wildfires directly affected plant communities.
Flaviana Jorge de Lima +10 more
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Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India, 2023 The present work elucidates palynofloral records from the Lipak Formation (late Devonian– early Carboniferous) of the Spiti Basin. The study has been carried out from three different sections of Spiti and Pin valleys to look for the signatures of ...
Suyash Gupta +5 more
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Second specimen of Corriebaatar marywaltersae from the Lower Cretaceous of Australia confirms its multituberculate affinities [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2022 A second specimen of the Australian cimolodontan multituberculate Corriebaatar marywaltersae from the same locality (Flat Rocks) as the holotype and previously only known specimen, reveals far more anatomical information about the species.
THOMAS H. RICH +7 more
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The first iguanian lizard from the Mesozoic of Africa [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 The fossil record shows that iguanian lizards were widely distributed during the Late Cretaceous. However, the biogeographic history and early evolution of one of its most diverse and peculiar clades (acrodontans) remain poorly known.
Sebastián Apesteguía +3 more
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Ancient cratonic nuclei in East Antarctica: Research status, problems and prospects
Dizhi lixue xuebao, 2021 The Archean cratonic nuclei in the East Antarctic Shield (Craton) occur mainly in the Napier Mountains, southern Prince Charles Mountains, Rauer Group and Vestfold Hills in the Indian Ocean sector, and are sporadically exposed in the Australian, African ...
LIU Xiaochun +7 more
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Geochemical and Tectonic Setting of Trachyte rock withinAvromanCarbonite Formation, Zagros Suture Zone,Kurdistan Region/ Northeastern Iraq. [PDF]
Kirkuk Journal of Science, 2018 Trachyte extrusion rocks exposed as dyke cutting Avroman carbonate formation that is part of northwestern Zagros suture zone.Petrographical study combined with EMPA study reveals that these trachyte rock composed of essentially Plagioclase and ...
Sabah Ismail, Shleer Abdul-Qadir
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