Publications:
39. Evans,
D.A.D., in press. The
palaeomagnetically viable, long-lived and all-inclusive Rodinia supercontinent
reconstruction. In: Murphy, J.B.,
Keppie, J.D., and Hynes, A., eds., Ancient Orogens and Modern Analogues. Geological Society of London Special
Publication 327.
manuscript pdf
figures pdf (9.2MB)
38. Swanson-Hysell, N.L., Maloof, A.C., Weiss, B.P., and
Evans, D.A.D., 2009. No asymmetry
in geomagnetic reversals recorded by 1.1-billion-year-old Keweenawan
basalts. Nature Geoscience,
v.2, p.713-717. PDF
37. Denyszyn, S.W., Halls, H.C., Davis, D.W., and Evans,
D.A.D., 2009. Paleomagnetism and
U-Pb geochronology of Franklin dykes in High Arctic Canada and Greenland: A
revised age and paleomagnetic pole constraining block rotations in the Nares
Strait region. Canadian Journal
of Earth Sciences, v.46, p.689-705.
PDF
36. Li, Z.X.,
Bogdanova, S.V., Collins, A.S., Davidson, A., De Waele, B., Ernst, R.E., Evans,
D.A.D., Fitzsimons, I.C.W., Fuck, R.A., Gladkochub, D.P., Jacobs, J.,
Karlstrom, K.E., Lu, S., Natapov, L.M., Pease, V., Pisarevsky, S.A., Thrane,
K., and Vernikovsky, V., 2009. How
not to build a supercontinent: A reply to J.D.A. Piper. Precambrian Research, v.174,
p.208-214. PDF
35. De Kock,
M.O., Evans, D.A.D., and Beukes, N.J., 2009. Validating the existence of Vaalbara in the
Neoarchaean. Precambrian
Research, v.174, p.145-154. PDF
34. Payne,
J.L., Hand, M., Barovich, K.M., Reid, A., and Evans, D.A.D., 2009. Correlations and reconstruction models
for the 2500-1500 Ma evolution of the Mawson Continent. In: Reddy, S.M., Mazumder, R., Evans,
D.A.D., and Collins, A.S., eds., Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinents and Global
Evolution. Geological Society
of London Special Publication 323, p.319-355. PDF
33. Eglington, B.M., Reddy, S.M., and Evans, D.A.D., 2009. The IGCP 509 Database System: Design
and application of a tool to capture and illustrate litho- and chrono-stratigraphic
information for Palaeoproterozoic tectonic domains. In: Reddy, S.M., Mazumder, R., Evans, D.A.D., and Collins,
A.S., eds., Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinents and Global Evolution. Geological Society of London Special
Publication 323, p.27-47. PDF
32. Reddy,
S.M., and Evans, D.A.D., 2009.
Palaeoproterozoic supercontinents and global evolution: Correlations
from core to atmosphere. In:
Reddy, S.M., Mazumder, R., Evans, D.A.D., and Collins, A.S., eds.,
Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinents and Global Evolution. Geological Society of London Special
Publication 323, p.1-26. PDF
31. Kendall, B., Creaser, R.A., Calver, C.R., Raub, T.D., and
Evans, D.A.D., 2009. Correlation
of Sturtian diamictite successions in southern Australia and northwestern
Tasmania by Re-Os black shale geochronology and the ambiguity of
"Sturtian"-type diamictite - cap carbonate pairs as
chronostratigraphic marker horizons.
Precambrian Research, v.172, p.301-310. PDF
30. De Kock,
M.O., Evans, D.A.D., Kirschvink, J.L., Beukes, N.J., Rose, E., and Hilburn, I.,
2009. Paleomagnetism of a
Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic carbonate ramp and carbonate platform succession
(Transvaal Supergroup) from surface outcrop and drill core, Griqualand West
region, South Africa. Precambrian
Research, v.269, p.80-99. PDF
29. Peppe,
D.J., Evans, D.A.D. & Smirnov, A.V., 2009. Magnetostratigraphy of the Ludlow Member of the Fort Union
Formation (Lower Paleocene) of the Williston Basin in North Dakota. Geological Society of America
Bulletin, v.121, p.65-79. PDF
28. De Kock,
M.O., Evans, D.A.D., Gutzmer, J., Beukes, N.J. & Dorland, H.C., 2008. Origin and timing of BIF-hosted
high-grade hard hematite deposits – a paleomagnetic approach. In: Hagemann, S., Rosiere, C., Gutzmer,
J. & Beukes, N., eds, BIF-Related High-Grade Iron Mineralization. Reviews in Economic Geology,
v.15, p.49-71. PDF
27. Evans,
D.A.D. & Pisarevsky, S.A., 2008.
Plate tectonics on the early Earth? – Weighing the paleomagnetic
evidence. In: Condie, K. &
Pease, V., eds, When Did Plate Tectonics Begin? Geological Society of America Special Paper 440,
p.249-263. PDF
26. Raub, T.D.,
Kirschvink, J.L. & Evans, D.A.D., 2007. True polar wander: Linking deep and shallow geodynamics to
hydro- and bio-spheric hypotheses. In: Kono, M., ed, Treatise on Geophysics,
Volume 5: Geomagnetism (Amsterdam, Elsevier), p.565-589. PDF
25. Raub, T.D.,
Evans, D.A.D., & Smirnov, A.V., 2007. Siliciclastic prelude to Elatina
deglaciation: Lithostratigraphy and rock magnetism of the base of the Ediacaran
System. In: Vickers-Rich, P. & Komarower, P., eds, The Rise and Fall of the
Ediacaran Biota, Geological Society of London Special Publication,
v.286, p.53-76. PDF
24. Pettersson,
Å, Cornell, D.H., Moen, H.F.G., Reddy, S., and Evans, D., 2007. Ion-probe dating of 1.2 Ga collision and
crustal architecture in the Namaqua-Natal Province of southern Africa. Precambrian Research, v.158,
p.79-92. PDF
23. Evans, D.A.D., 2006.
Proterozoic low orbital obliquity and axial-dipolar geomagnetic field from
evaporite palaeolatitudes. Nature, v.444, p.51-55. PDF
22. De Kock, M.O., Evans, D.A.D.,
Dorland, H.C., Beukes, N.J. & Gutzmer J., 2006. Paleomagnetism of the lower
two unconformity bounded sequences of the Waterberg Group, South Africa:
Towards a better-defined apparent polar wander path for the Paleoproterozoic
Kaapvaal Craton. South African Journal of Geology, v.109,
p.157-182. PDF
21. Dorland H.C., Beukes N.J.,
Gutzmer J., Evans, D.A.D., & Armstrong R.A., 2006. Precise SHRIMP U-Pb age
constraints on the lower Waterberg and Soutpansberg Groups, South Africa. South
African Journal of Geology, v.109, p.139-156. PDF
20. Peterson K.J., McPeek M. &
Evans D.A.D., 2005. Tempo and mode of early animal evolution: Inferences from
rocks, Hox, and molecular clocks. In: Vrba S. & Eldredge N., eds,
Macroevolution: Diversity, Disparity, Contingency: Essays in Honor of Stephen
Jay Gould, Paleobiology, v.31, supplement to no.2, p.36-55. PDF
19. Li Z.X., Evans D.A.D. &
Zhang S., 2004. A 90 spin on Rodinia: Causal links among the Neoproterozoic
supercontinent, superplume, true polar wander and low-latitude glaciation. Earth
and Planetary Science Letters, v.220, p.409-421. PDF
18. Evans D.A.D., Sircombe K.,
Wingate M.T.D., Doyle M., Pidgeon R.T., McCarthy M. & Van Niekerk H.S.,
2003. Revised geochronology of magmatism in the western Capricorn orogen at
1805-1785 Ma: Diachroneity of the Pilbara-Yilgarn collision. Australian
Journal of Earth Sciences, v.50, p.853-864. PDF
17. Evans D.A.D., 2003. A
fundamental Precambrian-Phanerozoic shift in Earth's glacial style? Tectonophysics,
v.375, p.353-385. PDF
16. Evans D.A.D., 2003. True polar
wander and supercontinents. Tectonophysics, v.362, p.303-320. PDF
15. Wingate M.T.D. & Evans
D.A.D., 2003. Palaeomagnetic constraints on the Proterozoic tectonic evolution
of Australia. In: Yoshida M., Windley B. & Dasgupta S., eds, Proterozoic
East Gondwana: Super Continent Assembly and Break-up, Geological Society of
London Special Publication, v.206, p.77-91. PDF
14. Pisarevsky S.A., Wingate
M.T.D., Powell C.McA., Johnson S. & Evans D.A.D., 2003. Models of Rodinia
assembly and fragmentation. In: Yoshida M., Windley B. & Dasgupta S., eds,
Proterozoic East Gondwana: Super Continent Assembly and Break-up, Geological
Society of London Special Publication, v.206, p.35-55. PDF
13. Evans D.A.D., Beukes N.J.
& Kirschvink J.L., 2002. Paleomagnetism of a lateritic paleo-weathering
horizon and overlying Paleoproterozoic redbeds from South Africa: implications
for the Kaapvaal apparent polar wander path and a confirmation of atmospheric
oxygen enrichment. Journal of Geophysical Research, v.107(B12), doi:
10.1029/2001JB000432. PDF
12. Wingate M.T.D., Pisarevsky S.A.
& Evans D.A.D., 2002. Rodinia connections between Australia and Laurentia:
no SWEAT, no AUSWUS? Terra Nova, v.14, p.121-128. PDF
11. Evans, D.A.D., J. Gutzmer,
N.J. Beukes, and J.L. Kirschvink, 2001. Paleomagnetic constraints on ages of
mineralization in the Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. Economic
Geology, v.96, p.621-631. PDF
10. Evans, D.A.D., 2000.
Stratigraphic, geochronological, and paleomagnetic constraints upon the
Neoproterozoic climatic paradox. American Journal of Science, v.300,
p.347-433. PDF
9. Martin, M.W., D.V. Grazhdankin,
S.A. Bowring, D.A.D. Evans, M.A. Fedonkin, and J.L. Kirschvink, 2000. Age of
Neoproterozoic bilaterian body and trace fossils, White Sea, Russia:
Implications for metazoan evolution. Science, v.288, p.841-845. PDF
8. Evans, D.A.D., Z.X. Li, J.L.
Kirschvink, and M.T.D. Wingate, 2000. A high-quality mid-Neoproterozoic
paleomagnetic pole from South China, with implications for ice ages and the
breakup configuration of Rodinia. Precambrian Research, v.100,
p.313-334. PDF
7. Mound, J.E., J.X. Mitrovica,
D.A.D. Evans, and J.L. Kirschvink, 1999. A sea-level test for inertial
interchange true polar wander events. Geophysical Journal International,
v.136, p.F5-F10. PDF
6. Evans, D.A., 1998. True polar
wander, a supercontinental legacy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters,
v.157, p.1-8. PDF
5. Evans, D.A., R.L. Ripperdan,
and J.L. Kirschvink, 1998. Polar wander and the Cambrian; response. Science,
v.279, p.9, correction p.304. PDF Web accessible
4. Kirschvink, J.L., R.L.
Ripperdan, and D.A. Evans, 1997. Evidence for a large-scale reorganization of
Early Cambrian continental masses by inertial interchange true polar wander. Science,
v.277, p.541-545. PDF
3. Evans, D.A., N.J. Beukes, and
J.L. Kirschvink, 1997. Low-latitude glaciation in the Palaeoproterozoic era. Nature,
v.386, p.262-266. PDF
2. Evans, D.A., A.Yu. Zhuravlev,
C.J. Budney, and J.L. Kirschvink, 1996. Palaeomagnetism of the Bayan Gol
Formation, western Mongolia. Geological Magazine, v.133, p.487-496. PDF
1. Baldridge
W.S., Ferguson J.F., Braile L.W., Wang B., Eckhardt K., Evans D., Schultz C.,
Gilpin B., Jiracek G.R. & Biehler S., 1994. The western margin of the Rio Grande Rift in northern New
Mexico: An aborted boundary? Geological
Society of America Bulletin, v.106, p.1538-1551. PDF