Erratum to: Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) DOI 10.1007/s00531-009-0498-1

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Fig. 8 Distribution of detrital zircon ages and/or igneous events encountered in major cratons and many peri-Gondwanan terranes. Data sources: Nance and Murphy 1996; Friedl et al. 2000, 2004; Strnad and Mihaljevič 2005; Slama et al. 2008; Chen et al. 2002; Linnemann et al. 2004, 2008; Murphy et al. 2004a, b, c; Anders et al. 2006; Zulauf et al. 2007; Sunal et al. 2008; Himmerkus et al. 2007.