The initial break-up of Pangæa elicited by Late Palæozoic deglaciation

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 31442
• Main Authors: Yeh, Meng-Wan, Shellnutt, J. Gregory
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 11.08.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/2151/431; 704/2151/562; 704/2151/598; Basalt; Climate change; Datasets; Deglaciation; Glacial deposits; Glacier retreat; Humanities and Social Sciences; Lava; multidisciplinary; Paleoceanography; Permian; Rifting; Science; Spatial distribution; Temperature; Temperature effects

The break-up of Pangæa was principally facilitated by tensional plate stress acting on pre-existing suture zones. The rifting of Pangæa began during the Early Permian along the southern Tethys margin and produced the lenticular-shaped continent known as Cimmeria. A mantle-plume model is ascribed to...