Fifty Years of the Wilson Cycle Concept in Plate Tectonics
Product code: SP470
Print publication date: 11/11/2019
Earth and Solar System History, Tectonics, Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications
Type: Book (Hardback)
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781786203830
Author/Edited by: Edited by R.W. Wilson, G.A. Houseman, K.J.W. McCaffrey, A.G. Doré and S.J.H. Buiter
Weight: 1.1kg
Number of pages: 490
Online publication date: 23/10/2019
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/470/1
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Product Code: SP470
Edited by R.W. Wilson, G.A. Houseman, K.J.W. McCaffrey, A.G. Doré and S.J.H. Buiter
Special Publication 470
Fifty years ago, Tuzo Wilson published his paper asking `Did the Atlantic close and then re-open?’. This led to the `Wilson Cycle’ concept in which the repeated opening and closing of ocean basins along old orogenic belts is a key process in the assembly and breakup of supercontinents. The Wilson Cycle underlies much of what we know about the geological evolution of the Earth and its lithosphere, and will no doubt continue to be developed as we gain more understanding of the physical processes that control mantle convection, plate tectonics, and as more data become available from currently less accessible regions.
This volume includes both thematic and review papers covering various aspects of the Wilson Cycle concept. Thematic sections include: (1) the Classic Wilson v. Supercontinent Cycles, (2) Mantle Dynamics in the Wilson Cycle, (3) Tectonic Inheritance in the Lithosphere, (4) Revisiting Tuzo’s question on the Atlantic, (5) Opening and Closing of Oceans, and (6) Cratonic Basins and their place in the Wilson Cycle.
Cover image: Steeply dipping basement fabrics of the Canisp Shear Zone, Achmelvich Bay, Scotland. Originally formed during the Neoarchean, the shear zone has since been reworked during multiple reactivation events during the Proterozoic. Photograph by Ken McCaffrey
Published online 24/10/2019. Print copies available from 11/11/2019. https://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/470/1
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Wilson, R.W., Houseman, G.A., Buiter, S.J.H., McCaffrey, K.J.W. and Doré, A.G. – Fifty years of the Wilson Cycle Concept in Plate Tectonics: An Overview
The “Classic” Wilson vs Supercontinent Cycles
Dalziel, I.W.D. & Dewey, J.F. – The classic Wilson cycle revisited
Pastor-Galán, D., Nance, R.D., Murphy, J.B. and Spencer, C.J. – Supercontinents: myths, mysteries, and milestones
Nance, R.D. and Murphy, J.B. – Supercontinents and the case for Pannotia
Mantle Dynamics in the Wilson Cycle
Heron, P.J. – Mantle plumes and mantle dynamics in the Wilson cycle
Tectonic Inheritance in the Lithosphere
Şengör, A. M. C., Lom, N. and Sağdıç, N.G. – Tectonic inheritance, structure reactivation and lithospheric strength: the relevance of geological history
Heron, P.J., Pysklywec, R.N. and Stephenson, R. – Exploring the theory of plate tectonics: the role of mantle lithosphere structure
Chenin, P., Picazo, S., Jammes, S., Manatschal, G., Müntener, O. and Karner, G. – Potential role of lithospheric mantle composition in the Wilson cycle: a North Atlantic perspective
Lima, R.D., Hayman, N.W. and Miranda, E. – Rheological inheritance: lessons from the Death Valley region, US Basin and Range Province
Scisciani, V., Patruno, S., Tavarnelli, E., Calamita, F., Pace, P. and Iacopini, D. – 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)
Revisiting Tuzo’s question on the Atlantic
Ady, B.E. and Whittaker, R.C. – Examining the influence of tectonic inheritance on the evolution of the North Atlantic using a palinspastic deformable plate reconstruction
Murphy, J.B., Nance, R.D., Keppie, J.D. and Dostal, J. – Role of Avalonia in the development of tectonic paradigms
Waldron, J.W.F., Schofield, D.I. and Murphy, J.B. – Diachronous Paleozoic accretion of peri-Gondwanan terranes at the Laurentian margin
White, S. E. and Waldron, J W.F. – Inversion of Taconian extensional structures during Paleozoic orogenesis in western Newfoundland
Thomas, W.A. – Tectonic inheritance at multiple scales during more than two complete Wilson cycles recorded in eastern North America
A. C. Alexander, R. K. Shail and B. E. Leveridge – Late Paleozoic extensional reactivation of the Rheic–Rhenohercynian suture zone in SW England, the English Channel and Western Approaches
Opening and closing of Oceans
Lundin, E.R. and Doré, A. G. – Non-Wilsonian break-up predisposed by transforms: examples from the North Atlantic and Arctic
Schiffer, C., Peace, A., Phethean, J., Gernigon, L., McCaffrey, K., Petersen, K.D. and Foulger, G. – The Jan Mayen microplate complex and the Wilson cycle
Hall, R. – The subduction initiation stage of the Wilson cycle
Beaussier, S.J., Gerya, T.V. and Burg, J-P. – 3D numerical modelling of the Wilson cycle: structural inheritance of alternating subduction polarity
Cratonic Basins and their place in the Wilson Cycle
Daly, M. C., Tozer, B. and Watts, A. B. – Cratonic basins and the Wilson cycle: a perspective from the Parnaíba Basin, Brazil
