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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. 

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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