A Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent: assembly, growth and breakup

G Zhao, M Sun, SA Wilde, S Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
Geological and paleomagnetic data support the hypothesis that a Paleo-Mesoproterozoic
supercontinent, referred to as Columbia, existed before the formation of Rodinia. This pre …

Assembling Australia: Proterozoic building of a continent

PA Cawood, RJ Korsch - Precambrian Research, 2008 - Elsevier
The western two-thirds of Australia is underlain by Precambrian rocks that are divisible into
three Archean to Paleoproterozoic cratons, the West Australian, North Australian and South …

Multidisciplinary study of a complex magmatic system: The Savannah Ni-Cu-Co Camp, Western Australia

M Le Vaillant, SJ Barnes, DR Mole, ML Fiorentini… - Ore Geology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Savannah (formerly Sally Malay) Ni-Cu-Co Camp is composed of a group of
mineralised intrusions (Savannah and Savannah North) and petrologically similar mafic …

Evolution of the Australian lithosphere

PG Betts, D Giles, GS Lister, LR Frick - Australian Journal of Earth …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
The evolution of the Australian plate can be interpreted in a plate‐tectonic paradigm in
which lithospheric growth occurred via vertical and horizontal accretion. The lithospheric …

[图书][B] Correlations and reconstruction models for the 2500-1500 Ma evolution of the Mawson Continent

JL Payne, M Hand, KM Barovich, A Reid, DAD Evans - 2009 - lyellcollection.org
Continental lithosphere formed and reworked during the Palaeoproterozoic era is a major
component of pre-1070 Ma Australia and the East Antarctic Shield. Within this lithosphere …

Australia and nuna

PG Betts, RJ Armit, J Stewart, ARA Aitken… - Geological Society …, 2016 - lyellcollection.org
The Australian continent records c. 1860–1800 Ma orogenesis associated with rapid
accretion of several ribbon micro-continents along the southern and eastern margins of the …

Evidence for early Mesoproterozoic arc magmatism in the Musgrave Block, central Australia: implications for Proterozoic crustal growth and tectonic reconstructions of …

BP Wade, KM Barovich, M Hand… - The Journal of …, 2006 - journals.uchicago.edu
Abstract The Musgrave Block in central southern Australia separates the dominantly
Paleoproterozoic North Australian Craton from the Late Archean to early Mesoproterozoic …

Synthesis of the Proterozoic evolution of the Mt Isa Inlier

PG Betts, D Giles, G Mark, GS Lister… - Australian Journal of …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
By virtue of its large area of exposure of different crustal levels, and preservation of a
protracted (∼ 400 million years) Palaeoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic tectonic evolution …

Pre–1 Ga (pre-Rodinian) ophiolites: Their tectonic and environmental implications

EM Moores - Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2002 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A global survey of sutures predating formation of the supercontinent Rodinia, ie, older than
ca. 0.9–1.0 Ga, has yielded evidence for at least 35 described and possible ophiolite …

Petrogenesis of the St Peter Suite, southern Australia: arc magmatism and Proterozoic crustal growth of the South Australian Craton

G Swain, K Barovich, M Hand, G Ferris… - Precambrian …, 2008 - Elsevier
The Palaeoproterozoic ca. 1620–1608Ma St Peter Suite, located in the central Gawler
Craton, South Australia comprises mafic to felsic magmatic rocks. The intermediate to felsic …