The African affinity of the deformed Mesozoic continental margins surrounding Adriatic Sea (a region known as Adria) was recognized in 1920s. However, over last several decades, majority view Mediterranean paleogeography has featured an ocean (Mesogea) that separated Adria and Africa early Cenozoic time. presence a Mesogea become argument against use paleomagnetic data from proxy for Africa, wh...

The correspondence between atmospheric CO2 concentrations and globally averaged surface temperatures in the recent past suggests that this coupling may be of great antiquity. Here, I compare 490 published proxy records of CO2 spanning the Ordovician to Neogene with records of global cool events to evaluate the strength of CO2-temperature coupling over the Phanerozoic (last 542 my). For periods ...

The Sundaland continental promontory, as the core of Southeast Asia, is one of the lowest lying continental regions, with half of the continental area presently inundated by a shallow sea. The role of mantle convection in driving long-wavelength topography and vertical motion of the lithosphere in this region has often been ignored when interpreting regional stratigraphy, including a widespread...