English: Approximate positions of Siberia, Gondwana, North and South China, Baltica and smaller terranes in the middle Cambrian (c. 500 Ma). AN: Annamia, CM: Central Mongolian terrane, JA: Japan arc, KHT: Kazakhstania terranes, MOO: Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean, NC: North China, QT: Qinling terrane, SC: South China, TA: Tarim microcontinent, VT: Variscan terranes. Plate boundaries: red - subduction; white - ridges; yellow - transform.
Literature used to make this map:
Torsvik, Trond H.; Cocks, L. R. M. (2017). Earth history and palaeogeography. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-10532-4. OCLC 968155663.
Domeier, Mathew (2018). "Early Paleozoic tectonics of Asia: Towards a full-plate model". Geoscience Frontiers. Greenstone belts and their mineral endowment. 9 (3): 789–862. doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2017.11.012. ISSN 1674-9871
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