Pub Date : 2023-03-22DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2023.2185676
A. Mory, J. Crowley, J. Backhouse, R. Nicoll, J. Gorter
Abstract The Pseudoreticulatispora confluens–P. pseudoreticulata spore-pollen zonal datum typically coincides with the end of widespread Permian glacial deposits in Western Australia. Although previously attributed to the mid-Sakmarian, chemical abrasion isotope dilution thermal ionisation mass spectrometry (TIMS) dating of zircons from volcanic tuffs in the Ditji Formation of the Bonaparte Basin and the Grant Group in the Canning Basin point to an Asselian age of about 295.25 Ma for this datum. All dated zircons from the Ditji Formation came from petroleum well cuttings but the accompanying palynology was mostly from sidewall cores; however, all Grant Group samples were from conventional core. TIMS dates from the Ditji Formation range in age from 295.2 to 292.7 Ma whereas the only productive tuff from the Grant Group yielded a 296.26 Ma date. By comparison, there are no zircon dates to constrain the onset of glacial deposition in Australia. The Bonaparte Basin ages overlap with those for the Edie Tuff (296.1–294.5 Ma) in Queensland’s Galilee Basin, approximately 2000 km to the southeast, which also lies close to the base of the P. pseudoreticulata Zone. To date the only fossil group within the P. confluens Zone in Western Australia to provide independent age control, albeit loosely, are goniatites from the northern Perth Basin (Uraloceras irwinense and Juresanites jacksoni) that have consistently been attributed to the Sakmarian; these require a reassessment of their affinity with Russian faunas and therefore to global stratotypes. The position of the Carboniferous–Permian boundary is elusive in Australia and will remain so until additional volcanic tuffs containing young datable zircons are found; however, spore-pollen and zircon dates from Namibia place this boundary within the P. confluens Zone.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-16DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2023.2181870
J. Fox, J. McPhie, R. Carey, F. Jourdan
Abstract Kennaook/Cape Grim in far northwestern Tasmania, Australia, was a site of submarine intraplate basaltic volcanism during the Miocene. The succession is exceptionally well preserved and is dominated by pillow lava, massive lava and pillow fragment breccia. The total volume of volcanic products (1.1 km3) is relatively small on a global scale, but the preservation is world class. The oldest unit, the Woolnorth Tuff lies unconformably on the Neoproterozoic Rocky Cape Group. The first 40Ar/39Ar dating of the volcanic rocks reveals an early Miocene (24.5–23 Ma) age for the entire sequence. The Woolnorth Tuff is composed almost entirely of devitrified basaltic glass shards and olivine crystal fragments. The Woolnorth Tuff is overlain by the Slaughter Bluff Volcanic Breccia (23.12 ± 0.19 Ma) at Kennaook/Cape Grim. The Slaughter Bluff Volcanic Breccia is dominated by diffusely bedded pillow fragment breccia. North of Kennaook/Cape Grim, the Little Trefoil Basalt (ca 24 Ma) intrudes the Woolnorth Tuff. To the south of Kennaook/Cape Grim, the Woolnorth Tuff is overlain by the Studland Bay Basalts (23.73 ± 0.08 Ma) and intruded by a newly recognised unit, the Hippo Basalt (24.52 ± 0.12 Ma). The Studland Bay Basalts comprise mounds of basaltic pillow lavas followed by a succession of diffusely bedded, matrix-dominated, pillow fragment breccia and basaltic breccia. Detailed field mapping and sampling have revealed that the environment of deposition of all Kennaook/Cape Grim units was submarine and that they were emplaced in relatively rapid succession. KEY POINTS First 40Ar/39Ar geochronology for the Kennaook/Cape Grim volcanic succession. Little Trefoil Basalt has been re-interpreted from a subaerial extrusive unit to a submarine intrusive unit. A new intrusive unit, the Hippo Basalt, has been recognised. The stratigraphy of the Kennaook/Cape Grim volcanic succession has been revised.
{"title":"Revised stratigraphy and first geochronology of the Miocene submarine volcanic succession at Kennaook/Cape Grim, northwestern Tasmania","authors":"J. Fox, J. McPhie, R. Carey, F. Jourdan","doi":"10.1080/08120099.2023.2181870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2023.2181870","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Kennaook/Cape Grim in far northwestern Tasmania, Australia, was a site of submarine intraplate basaltic volcanism during the Miocene. The succession is exceptionally well preserved and is dominated by pillow lava, massive lava and pillow fragment breccia. The total volume of volcanic products (1.1 km3) is relatively small on a global scale, but the preservation is world class. The oldest unit, the Woolnorth Tuff lies unconformably on the Neoproterozoic Rocky Cape Group. The first 40Ar/39Ar dating of the volcanic rocks reveals an early Miocene (24.5–23 Ma) age for the entire sequence. The Woolnorth Tuff is composed almost entirely of devitrified basaltic glass shards and olivine crystal fragments. The Woolnorth Tuff is overlain by the Slaughter Bluff Volcanic Breccia (23.12 ± 0.19 Ma) at Kennaook/Cape Grim. The Slaughter Bluff Volcanic Breccia is dominated by diffusely bedded pillow fragment breccia. North of Kennaook/Cape Grim, the Little Trefoil Basalt (ca 24 Ma) intrudes the Woolnorth Tuff. To the south of Kennaook/Cape Grim, the Woolnorth Tuff is overlain by the Studland Bay Basalts (23.73 ± 0.08 Ma) and intruded by a newly recognised unit, the Hippo Basalt (24.52 ± 0.12 Ma). The Studland Bay Basalts comprise mounds of basaltic pillow lavas followed by a succession of diffusely bedded, matrix-dominated, pillow fragment breccia and basaltic breccia. Detailed field mapping and sampling have revealed that the environment of deposition of all Kennaook/Cape Grim units was submarine and that they were emplaced in relatively rapid succession. KEY POINTS First 40Ar/39Ar geochronology for the Kennaook/Cape Grim volcanic succession. Little Trefoil Basalt has been re-interpreted from a subaerial extrusive unit to a submarine intrusive unit. A new intrusive unit, the Hippo Basalt, has been recognised. The stratigraphy of the Kennaook/Cape Grim volcanic succession has been revised.","PeriodicalId":8601,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Earth Sciences","volume":"70 1","pages":"510 - 534"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59576971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-26DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2023.2180092
G. Burton
Abstract The Cobar Supergroup is a package of Siluro-Devonian sedimentary, volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks in central New South Wales that underwent significant deformation during the Middle Devonian Tabberabberan Orogeny. The Cobar Supergroup, particularly within the Cobar Basin, constitutes one of the most mineral-rich rock packages in New South Wales, being endowed with Au, Cu, Pb, Zn and Ag, mainly in what are commonly referred to as Cobar-type deposits. Inconsistencies in the traditional stratigraphic interpretation of the area have led to a re-evaluation of its structural history, in particular the role of the Rookery Fault, which bounds the eastern side of the basin. Evidence suggests that that structure may dip to the east, rather than the west, as is traditionally assumed, leading to the possibility that Tabberabberan deformation in the area took the form of a west-verging fold-thrust belt. Analogue modelling is employed to examine the consequences of that scenario. Such a mechanism explains the known distribution of stratigraphic units of the Cobar Supergroup and its basement, as well as observed structures, in particular a high strain zone immediately west of the Rookery Fault. The modelling indicates that deeper parts of the crust were thrust up along the Rookery Fault, which, along with substantial burial, led to perturbation of the geotherm and heating of the footwall. This accounts for the higher metamorphic grade immediately west of the Rookery Fault. Furthermore, heating and overpressuring of basement rocks in the footwall led to mobilisation of metal-bearing fluids and transport of them along the high strain zone and subsequent deposition of those metals within favourable structural traps, with variable interaction with basinal fluids, to form Cobar-type deposits. A fold-thrust mechanism with ongoing erosion of the thrust wedge can also explain the distribution of Middle to Upper Devonian rock sequences in the region. KEY POINTS A west-verging fold-thrust model is proposed to explain Tabberabberan deformation of the Cobar Supergroup and its basement. Analogue modelling is employed to demonstrate the fold-thrust model. A fold-thrust model explains the distribution of Ordovician to Upper Devonian stratigraphic units in the Cobar region, as well as associated structures, metamorphic grade distribution and the origin of syn-deformational Au, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag mineral deposits.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-26DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2023.2175908
R. Bourman, C. Murray-Wallace, Christopher J. Wilson, L. Mosley, J. Tibby, D. D. Ryan, E. D. De Carli, A. Tulley, A. Belperio, D. Haynes, A. Roberts, C. Westell, E. Barnett, S. Dillenburg, L. Beheregaray, P. Hesp
R. P. Bourman , C. V. Murray-Wallace , C. Wilson , L. Mosley , J. Tibby , D. D. Ryan , E. D. De Carli , A. Tulley , A. P. Belperio , D. Haynes , A. Roberts , C. Westell , E. J. Barnett , S. Dillenburg , L. B. Beheregaray and P. A. Hesp School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia; Department of Geography, Environment and Population, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Beach and Dune Systems (BEADS) Laboratory, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Australia; College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Australia; Centre for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), Adelaide, Australia; School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Sprigg Geobiology Centre, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; Copper Search Ltd., Norwood, Australia; School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Geosciences Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Molecular Ecology Laboratory (MELFU), College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
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Pub Date : 2023-02-26DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2023.2175907
P. A. Gell, C. M. Finlayson
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Pub Date : 2023-02-23DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2023.2173653
Y. Qing, S. Li, Z. Liao, Y. Li, Z. Lv, X. Song, Q. Cao
Abstract The origin of dolostones from the Lei 4 Member (T2l4) of the Middle Triassic Leikoupo Formation in the Western Sichuan Depression is unclear. The occurrence and genetic evolution of dolostones in T2l4 were analysed by polarised thin-sections and cathodoluminescence, major- and trace-element, scanning electron microscope, and carbon, oxygen and strontium isotope analyses. The study results are summarised as follows. (1) The dolostones were mainly precipitated in three stages of <40 °C, 40–60 °C and 60–80 °C, corresponding with three paleodepth ranges of 167–300 m, 433–1000 m and 1067–1433 m. The micritic dolostones and the fabric-retentive dolostones (algal dolostone, granular dolostone) mainly formed in a near-surface–shallow-burial environment, and the crystalline dolostones were mainly formed under intermediate burial conditions. (2) 87Sr/86Sr ratios are equivalent to that of the Middle Triassic seawater, Sr/Ba and V/Ni ratios >1, Na notably higher than that in coexisting limestones of T2l4, and the dolostones always coexist with evaporative minerals such as gypsum, indicating that dolomitisation fluids mainly originated from evaporative concentrated seawater. (3) The dolostones mainly inherit materials from precursor limestones based on trace-element distribution patterns, and carbon and oxygen isotope values that are consistent with coexisting limestones of T2l4. (4) Mediated by micro-organisms during the syngenetic period, micritic dolostones and some algal dolostones were formed by replacing aragonites and calcites. During shallow burial, concentrated seawater rich in Mg2+ from the supratidal–intertidal zone flowed downward owing to gravity along the platform and replaced the underlying carbonate rocks, promoting continuous growth of the early dolomites. In the intermediate burial period, the Mg2+-depleted dolomitisation fluid caused the early micritic and silt-crystalline dolostones to recrystallise into silt- or fine-crystalline dolostones with larger crystals and altered the fabric-retentive dolostones into crystalline dolostones. (5) The evaporative dolostones deposited in the near-surface environment are characterised by maximal enrichment of Fe, Sr and Na, the highest δ18O values, the lowest order degree and the highest Ca/Mg ratios. The reflux dolostones formed in a shallow-burial environment characterised by the lowest Fe, medium δ18O values and the lowest order degree. The burial dolostones that developed in the intermediate burial environment are characterised by relative enrichment of Fe and Mn, minimal Na, the lowest δ18O values, the highest order degree and medium Ca/Mg ratios. KEY POINTS The fabric-retentive dolostones mainly formed in a near-surface–shallow-burial environment, and the crystalline dolostones mainly formed under intermediate burial conditions. Dolomitisation fluids mainly originated from the evaporative concentrated seawater, and the dolostones inherit materials from the precursor limestones. Micritic
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Pub Date : 2023-02-19DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2023.2173292
W. Maier, B. Wade, S. Barnes, R. Dutch
Abstract The Musgrave Province of central Australia was the focus of long-lived mantle upwelling that produced large volumes of magnesian basaltic to tholeiitic magma and their felsic derivatives. The Musgrave Province contains one of the greatest concentrations of mafic–ultramafic layered intrusions globally, grouped as the Giles intrusions. In the present paper, we study the magmatic ore potential of the Kalka, Gosse Pile and Ewarara layered intrusions located in South Australia. Ewarara and Gosse Pile appear to have relatively low potential for platnium-group element (PGE) reefs and magmatic Ni–Cu, based on lack of evident metal enrichment and the absence of a mafic–ultramafic transition zone that hosts most PGE reefs globally. However, mafic–ultramafic pipes within the intrusions that could have higher ore potential have not been studied by us. At Kalka, the mafic–ultramafic transition interval is exposed, rendering this intrusion potentially more prospective for PGE reefs. However, based on the available data, this zone appears to be barren. Instead, there are signs of PGE enrichment and metal ratio variation in the magnetite-bearing upper portion of the intrusion suggestive of undiscovered PGE reefs. This interpretation is consistent with subtle Cu–Pd enrichment of soils adjacent to the upper portion of the intrusion. KEY POINTS First assessment of magmatic ore potential of Kalka, Ewarara and Gosse Pile layered intrusions in South Australia. Kalka shows signs of PGE enrichment in upper, magnetite-bearing portion of intrusion, suggesting enhanced potential for a PGE reef. Ewarara and Gosse Pile appear to be less prospective for PGE–Ni–Cu, but picrite pipes remain unstudied.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-17DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2023.2139756
G. Birch, S. Lound
Abstract The present study provides valuable new information on the evolution of Sydney estuary by tracing the development of the complete marine–estuarine–fluvial system through a full glacial cycle (Last Interglacial, LIG, to the present Interglacial). Extensive seismic (361.3-line km) and sedimentological studies provided a sound foundation for production of a detailed litho- and seismic-stratigraphic record for the estuary. In the absence of reliable age data, a relative chronology was constructed based on Quaternary flooding surface elevations constrained by a recent local relative sea-level record supported by other global studies. A thick, ubiquitous estuarine unit deposited during the LIG period (MIS 5.5; 130–115 ka BP) was an important chronological marker horizon and played a critical role in controlling seismic interpretation and correlation throughout the estuary. Deposition during the MIS 5.1/5.3 interstadial period (100–80 ka BP) resulted in deposition of fine-grained, estuarine sediments in the lower estuary and time-equivalent, fluvial-sourced estuarine and channel sediments, and marsh sediments in the upper and central estuary, respectively. The MIS 3 interstadial event did not play a significant role in sedimentation in Sydney estuary. An eolian dune field formed adjacent to the southern shores of the estuary during the last glacial (31–24 ka BP) when most of the sediment in the lower estuary had been removed by fluvial erosion. Transgressive marine sand, which deposited in the lower paleovalley after the ocean re-entered the estuary, experienced repeated erosion and infilling by laterally migrating paleoriver channels. A marine flood-tide delta now occupies the estuary mouth, and the lower and upper/central estuary are mantled in a veneer (mean 7 m) of Holocene sand and mud, respectively. KEY POINTS A relative chronology was based on Quaternary flooding surface elevations constrained by relative sea-level. First geological history of the Sydney estuary with a complete marine–estuarine–fluvial system. A late Quaternary estuary evolution through a full glacial cycle. Geological history includes an interstadial (MIS 5.3/5.1) estuarine sequence.
摘要本研究通过追踪完整的海洋-河口-河流系统在整个冰川周期(最后一次冰间期,LIG,到现在的冰间期)的发展,为悉尼河口的演变提供了有价值的新信息。广泛的地震(361.3线km)和沉积学研究为河口详细的岩石和地震地层记录提供了坚实的基础。在缺乏可靠的年龄数据的情况下,根据第四纪洪泛面高程构建了相对年表,该高程受其他全球研究支持的最近当地相对海平面记录的限制。LIG时期沉积的厚而普遍的河口单元(MIS 5.5;130–115 ka BP)是一个重要的年代标志层,在控制整个河口的地震解释和对比方面发挥了关键作用。MIS 5.1/5.3辐射间期间的沉积(100–80 ka BP)分别导致下河口的细粒河口沉积物和时间等价物、河流来源的河口和河道沉积物以及上河口和中河口的沼泽沉积物的沉积。MIS 3中层间事件对悉尼河口的沉积作用不显著。在最后一次冰川期(31-24 ka BP),当时下河口的大部分沉积物已被河流侵蚀清除。海洋重新进入河口后沉积在古河谷下游的海进海沙,经历了横向迁移的古河道的反复侵蚀和填充。一个海洋洪潮三角洲现在占据了河口,下河口和上河口/中央河口被覆盖在一个单板中(平均7 m) 全新世的沙子和泥土。关键点相对年表基于受相对海平面约束的第四纪洪泛面高程。悉尼河口完整的海洋-河口-河流系统的第一个地质历史。第四纪晚期河口经过一个完整的冰川周期的演变。地质历史包括一个中层间(MIS 5.3/5.1)河口序列。
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Pub Date : 2023-02-16DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2023.2172609
Y. N. Huang, D. Li, A. Xiao, S. M. Xu
Abstract Late Mesozoic mafic dykes, which are widely developed in the North Qinling Orogenic Belt (NQOB), include abundant geodynamic information. This paper describes the mafic dykes that intrude the Late Jurassic granite in the Dayu and Kuyu areas, and reports important petrological constraints for the late Mesozoic tectonic transition from compression to extension in the NQOB. Three zircon U–Pb results show that the minimum ages of the mafic dykes are 139.8 ± 1.4 Ma, 137.4 ± 1.7 Ma and 133.4 ± 0.9 Ma, indicating that the emplacement age of the Dayu and Kuyu mafic dykes is 140–133 Ma. Petrogeochemical analyses suggest that the mafic dykes belong to the high-K calc-alkaline shoshonite series with low SiO2 (46.93–56.73 wt%), MgO (1.88–9.10 wt%) and TiO2 (1.17–1.82 wt%), and high Al2O3 (13.98–17.46 wt%), TFe2O3 (7.81–10.92 wt%) and K2O (1.28–4.78 wt%). The mafic dykes are enriched in large ion lithophile elements (e.g. Rb, Ba, K, La, Sr) and depleted in high-field-strength elements (e.g. Nb, Ta, Zr, Ti). These samples have the right-sloping chondrite-normalised rare earth element patterns, which suggest light rare earth element enrichment and heavy rare earth elements depletion with no obvious Eu anomalies (δEu = 0.94–1.11). The I Sr, ε Nd(t), ε Hf (t) and T DM2(crust) values are 0.7056–0.7060, −10.60 to −5.98, −14.1 to −2.8, and 1382.4 ± 25.1 to 2081.9 ± 47.6 Ma, respectively. Both elemental and isotopic geochemistry show that the formation of Dayu and Kuyu mafic dykes is due to the partial decompression melting of previously enriched lithospheric mantle during a delamination process. The mafic dykes have undergone fractionation crystallisation of Mg–Fe phase minerals during magma ascent, accompanied by some crustal contamination. Combined with the regional tectonic setting, we suggested that the NQOB experienced intra-continental extension during the Early Cretaceous. KEY POINTS Early Cretaceous (140–133 Ma) mafic dykes have been discovered in the middle part of the North Qinling Orogenic Belt. The remote effect of the Paleo-Pacific Plate subduction has reached the middle of the North Qinling Orogenic Belt. The North Qinling Orogenic Belt entered the extensional stage in the Early Cretaceous (140–133 Ma).
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Pub Date : 2023-02-08DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2023.2169957
Y. Giri, P. Betts, M. Radhakrishna, M. McLean, T. K. Biswal, R. Armit
Abstract East Antarctica along with Greater India played a vital role in the accretion and breakup of the Indo-Antarctic landmasses during the supercontinents Nuna, Rodinia and Gondwana. Without geophysical potential field methods, interpreting the architecture of the ice-covered geological provinces of Antarctica is impossible. We present here a crustal element map of East Antarctica between Enderby Land and Princess Elizabeth Land (Indo-Antarctica tectonic element) using aerogeophysical data interpretation. The data reveal distinct anastomosing geophysical provinces that correlate with sparse geological data. Our crustal element map shows the Oygarden Province and the Northern and Southern Rayner provinces are arcuate belts that wrap around the Archean Napier Province. These provinces represent the remnants of an accretionary tectonic margin, which evolved between ca 1300 Ma and 900 Ma. The arcuate geometry of these Meso- to Neoproterozoic provinces formed during the collision with the Napier Province, which represents a microcontinent. This collision triggered widespread extension and ultra-high temperature metamorphism in the Northern and Southern Rayner provinces. The southernmost provinces include the Fisher Province, Lambert Province and a transition zone. The provinces are truncated by a suture zone with the Archean Ruker Province, following north-dipping subduction during the Meso- to Neoproterozoic. Our interpretation provides a template upon which to correlate geological provinces with the terranes on the conjugate eastern Indian margin. KEY POINTS An aeromagnetic interpretation is given for Enderby Land and Princess Elizabeth Land of East Antarctica. Napier Province is a microcontinent that collided with the Rayner Province during a ca 1000 Ma orogenic event. A new interpretation of potential field data suggests anastomosing provinces accreted as part of a collisional event. New structures/piercing points are identified at the Mawson Coast and in Kemp Land.
在努纳、罗迪尼亚和冈瓦纳超大陆时期,东南极洲和大印度在印度-南极大陆块的增生和分裂中起了至关重要的作用。如果没有地球物理势场方法,就不可能解释南极洲被冰覆盖的地质省份的结构。本文利用航空地球物理资料解释,绘制了Enderby Land和Princess Elizabeth Land(印-南极洲构造元素)之间的东南极洲地壳元素图。这些数据揭示了与稀疏的地质数据相关的独特的吻合的地球物理省。我们的地壳元素图显示,Oygarden省和Rayner省的北部和南部是环绕太古宙Napier省的弧形带。这些省份代表了一个增生构造边缘的残余,在大约1300 Ma和900 Ma之间演化。这些中至新元古代省的弧形几何形状是在与纳皮尔省碰撞时形成的,代表了一个微大陆。这次碰撞在雷纳省北部和南部引发了广泛的伸展和超高温变质作用。最南端的省份包括费舍尔省、兰伯特省和一个过渡区。中-新元古代北倾俯冲,与太古宙鲁克省形成缝合带。我们的解释提供了一个模板,在此基础上将地质省与共轭东印度边缘的地体联系起来。给出了东南极洲恩德比岛和伊丽莎白公主岛的航磁解译。纳皮尔省是一个微大陆,在大约1000 Ma的造山活动中与雷纳省碰撞。对势场数据的一种新的解释表明,重合的省份是碰撞事件的一部分。在莫森海岸和坎普地发现了新的构造/刺穿点。
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