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AAPG Bulletin; Year: 2025; Issue: August DOI: 10.1306/06302524081
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Figure 3. The compilation of existing tectonic models for pre-Paleozoic to present. The positions of Gondwana, Baltia, Greenland, and North America have been taken from GPlates models (Scotese and Wright, 2018; Cao et al., 2024). The basis of the extensional model was adapted from Stampfli and Borel (2002); the compressional model was adapted from Şengör et al. (1984), van Hinsbergen et al. (2020), and Siegesmund et al. (2021). All of the models were simplified to provide general understanding of the models. (A) Reconstruction of northern Gondwana during the Cadomian. (B, C) Reconstructions of northern Gondwana during the Ordovician–Silurian. (D, E) Reconstructions of Gondwana–Laurussia collision during the Hercynian. (F, G) Reconstructions of the Paleo-Tethys realm during the Early Triassic. (H) Reconstruction of the Neo-Tethys realm during the Middle Jurassic. (I) Reconstruction of the Africa–Eurasia collision during the Late Cretaceous. (J) Reconstruction of the eastern Mediterranean during the Eocene–Oligocene. (K) Location map of the current positions of the continents and blocks with main tectonic elements.
Figure 3. The compilation of existing tectonic models for pre-Paleozoic to present. The positions of Gondwana, Baltia, Greenland, and North America have been taken from GPlates models (Scotese and Wright, 2018; Cao et al., 2024). The basis of the extensional model was adapted from Stampfli and Borel (2002); the compressional model was adapted from Şengör et al. (1984), van Hinsbergen et al. (2020), and Siegesmund et al. (2021). All of the models were simplified to provide general understanding of the models. (A) Reconstruction of northern Gondwana during the Cadomian. (B, C) Reconstructions of northern Gondwana during the Ordovician–Silurian. (D, E) Reconstructions of Gondwana–Laurussia collision during the Hercynian. (F, G) Reconstructions of the Paleo-Tethys realm during the Early Triassic. (H) Reconstruction of the Neo-Tethys realm during the Middle Jurassic. (I) Reconstruction of the Africa–Eurasia collision during the Late Cretaceous. (J) Reconstruction of the eastern Mediterranean during the Eocene–Oligocene. (K) Location map of the current positions of the continents and blocks with main tectonic elements.