Basement framework and geodynamic evolution of the Palaeoproterozoic superbasins of north‐central Australia: an integrated review of geochemical …

DL Scott, DJ Rawlings, RW Page… - Australian Journal of …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
A largely convergent setting is proposed for crustal, tectonic and basin evolution of the
intracratonic regions of north‐central Australia between 1800 and 1575 Ma. The new …

The burning heart—The Proterozoic geology and geological evolution of the west Musgrave Region, central Australia

HM Howard, RH Smithies, CL Kirkland, DE Kelsey… - Gondwana …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Musgrave Province is one of the most geodynamically significant of Australia's
Proterozoic orogenic belts, lying at the intersection of the continent's three cratonic elements …

Zircon and monazite response to prograde metamorphism in the Reynolds Range, central Australia

D Rubatto, IS Williams, IS Buick - Contributions to Mineralogy and …, 2001 - Springer
We report an extensive field-based study of zircon and monazite in the metamorphic
sequence of the Reynolds Range (central Australia), where greenschist-to granulite-facies …

An extended episode of early Mesoproterozoic metamorphic fluid flow in the Reynolds Range, central Australia

IS Williams, IS Buick, I Cartwright - Journal of Metamorphic …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
The products of metamorphic fluid flow are preserved in zones within the marbles and
metamorphosed semipelites of the Upper Calcsilicate Unit in the granulite portion of the Late …

Long-lived (1.8–1.0 Ga) convergent orogen in southern Laurentia, its extensions to Australia and Baltica, and implications for refining Rodinia

KE Karlstrom, KI Åhäll, SS Harlan, ML Williams… - Precambrian …, 2001 - Elsevier
Between 1.8 and 1.0 Ga (Grenville-age), a series of subparallel accretionary orogens were
added progressively to the southern edge of Laurentia. These belts now extend from …

Tectonic evolution of proterozoic Australia

JS Myers, RD Shaw, IM Tyler - Tectonics, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Proterozoic Australia has long been interpreted as a single intact continent in which all
tectonic and magmatic activity was intracratonic. This paper proposes an alternative …

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 …

The 1800–1100 Ma tectonic evolution of Australia

PG Betts, D Giles - Precambrian Research, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper presents a plate tectonic model for the evolution of the Australian continent
between ca. 1800 and 1100Ma. Between ca. 1800 and 1600Ma episodic orogenesis …

Early crustal evolution in the western Yangtze Block: evidence from U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotopes on detrital zircons from sedimentary rocks

LJ Wang, JH Yu, WL Griffin, SY O'Reilly - Precambrian Research, 2012 - Elsevier
In situ U–Pb and Lu–Hf data on detrital zircons from Paleo-to Neoproterozoic sediments
have been used to gain a clearer picture of the regional tectonic background and crustal …

High-T granulites and polymetamorphism in the southern Arunta Region, central Australia: evidence for a 1.64 Ga accretional event

IR Scrimgeour, PD Kinny, DF Close, CJ Edgoose - Precambrian Research, 2005 - Elsevier
Mapping and sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) U–Pb zircon
geochronology in the newly defined Warumpi Province of the southern Arunta Region …