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Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma by Seton, M, Müller, R D, Zahirovic, S, Gaina, C, Torsvik, T, Shephard, G, Talsma, A, Gurnis, M, Turner, M, Maus, S, Chandler, M

“…Global plate motion models provide a spatial and temporal framework for geological data and have been effective tools for exploring processes occurring at the…”
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Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200Ma by Seton, M., Müller, R.D., Zahirovic, S., Gaina, C., Torsvik, T., Shephard, G., Talsma, A., Gurnis, M., Turner, M., Maus, S., Chandler, M.

“…Global plate motion models provide a spatial and temporal framework for geological data and have been effective tools for exploring processes occurring at the…”
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More Frequent Abrupt Marine Environmental Changes Expected by Heinze, C., Michel, C., Torsvik, T., Schwinger, J., Tjiputra, J. F.

“…We quantify an elevated occurrence of abrupt changes in ocean environmental conditions under human‐induced climate forcing using Earth system model output…”
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A Global Paleosecular Variation Database for the Paleogene: Stationary Secular Variation Behavior Since the Triassic? by Engbers, Y. A., Thallner, D., Bono, R. K., Sprain, C. J., Murray, M. J., Bristol, K., Handford, B., Torsvik, T., Biggin, A. J.

“…Paleosecular variation analysis is a primary tool for characterizing ancient geomagnetic behavior and its evolution through time. This study presents a new…”
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Earth geography from 500 to 400 million years ago; a faunal and palaeomagnetic review by Cocks, L. R. M, Torsvik, T. H

“…Very different palaeogeographical reconstructions have been produced by a combination of palaeomagnetic and faunal data, which are re-evaluated on a global…”
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Intra-Panthalassa Ocean subduction zones revealed by fossil arcs and mantle structure by van der Meer, D. G., Torsvik, T. H., Spakman, W., van Hinsbergen, D. J. J., Amaru, M. L.

“…The plate tectonic configuration of the Triassic–Jurassic palaeo-Pacific Ocean is unresolved. Analyses of ancient geological rocks that are preserved at the…”
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Longitude: Linking Earth's ancient surface to its deep interior by Torsvik, Trond H., Steinberger, Bernhard, Cocks, L. Robin M., Burke, Kevin

“…Earth scientists have had no direct way of calculating longitudes for times before those of the oldest hotspot track eruption sites in the Cretaceous (~…”
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Effects of glacier runoff and wind on surface layer dynamics and Atlantic Water exchange in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard; a model study by Sundfjord, A., Albretsen, J., Kasajima, Y., Skogseth, R., Kohler, J., Nuth, C., Skarðhamar, J., Cottier, F., Nilsen, F., Asplin, L., Gerland, S., Torsvik, T.

“…A high resolution numerical ocean circulation model has been used to investigate exchange mechanisms and transport of thermal energy towards the inner part of…”
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Rodinia refined or obscured: palaeomagnetism of the Malani igneous suite (NW India) by Torsvik, T.H., Carter, L.M., Ashwal, L.D., Bhushan, S.K., Pandit, M.K., Jamtveit, B.

“…New palaeomagnetic data from the Neoproterozoic felsic volcanic rocks of the Malani igneous suite (MIS) in NW India, combined with data from an earlier study,…”
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Subduction to the lower mantle – a comparison between geodynamic and tomographic models by Steinberger, B, Torsvik, T. H, Becker, T. W

“…It is generally believed that subduction of lithospheric slabs is a major contribution to thermal heterogeneity in Earth's entire mantle and provides a main…”
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Possible links between long-term geomagnetic variations and whole-mantle convection processes by Biggin, A. J., Steinberger, B., Aubert, J., Suttie, N., Holme, R., Torsvik, T. H., van der Meer, D. G., van Hinsbergen, D. J. J.

“…The geomagnetic field varies on a wide range of timescales. A review of emerging research suggests that field variations on the order of tens of millions of…”
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Petrogenesis of Neoproterozoic Granitoids and Related Rocks from the Seychelles: the Case for an Andean-type Arc Origin by ASHWAL, L. D., DEMAIFFE, D., TORSVIK, T. H.

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Timing of Late Neoproterozoic glaciation on Baltica constrained by detrital zircon geochronology in the Hedmark Group, south-east Norway by Bingen, B., Griffin, W. L., Torsvik, T. H., Saeed, A.

“…The Moelv Tillite is the Late Neoproterozoic Varanger glacial deposit recorded in the Hedmark Group, SE Norway. Paired U–Pb and Lu–Hf data collected on…”
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Age of alkaline rocks in the Seiland igneous province, Northern Norway by Roberts, R. James, Corfu, F, Torsvik, T. H, Hetherington, C. J, Ashwal, L. D

“…Spatially associated carbonatite and syenite complexes at Breivikbotn on the island of Soroy, in the Caledonian nappes of northern Norway, have been dated by…”
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Neoproterozoic geochronology and palaeogeography of the Seychelles microcontinent: the India link by Torsvik, T.H, Ashwal, L.D, Tucker, R.D, Eide, E.A

“…The geology of the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean is dominated by granitoid rocks and to a lesser extent by basaltic dykes. A U–Pb zircon age from the…”
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Refining Gondwana and Pangea palaeogeography: estimates of Phanerozoic non-dipole (octupole) fields by Torsvik, Trond H., Voo, Rob Van der

“…Reliable Phanerozoic paleopoles have been selected from the stable parts of the Gondwana continents and, upon appropriate reconstruction, have been combined in…”
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Episodic Precambrian subduction by O'Neill, C., Lenardic, A., Moresi, L., Torsvik, T.H., Lee, C.-T.A.

“…The Precambrian geological record shows peak of activity at 1.1, 1.9–2.1, 2.7 and 3.5 Ga, often associated with massive crustal production, orogenesis and…”
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Early Silurian mafic-ultramafic and granitic plutonism in contemporaneous flysch, Mageroy, northern Norway; U-Pb ages and regional significance by Corfu, Fernando, Torsvik, T. H, Andersen, T. B, Ashwal, L. D, Ramsay, D. M, Roberts, R. J

“…The Caledonian Mageroy sequence comprises Earliest Silurian clastic metasedimentary rocks, which underwent folding and regional metamorphism and were intruded…”
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Continental break-up and collision in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic — A tale of Baltica and Laurentia by Torsvik, T.H., Smethurst, M.A., Meert, J.G., Van der Voo, R., McKerrow, W.S., Brasier, M.D., Sturt, B.A., Walderhaug, H.J.

“…During the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic the two continents of Baltica and Laurentia witnessed the break-up of one supercontinent, Rodinia, and the formation…”
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Numerical simulation of a tsunami event during the 1996 volcanic eruption in Karymskoye lake, Kamchatka, Russia by Torsvik, T, Paris, R, Didenkulova, I, Pelinovsky, E, Belousov, A, Belousova, M

“…Karymskoye caldera lake is a nearly circular body of water with a diameter of approximately 4 km and a depth of up to 60 m. The sublacustrine, Surtseyan-type…”
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