Archean geodynamics: Ephemeral supercontinents or long-lived supercratons

Many Archean cratons exhibit Paleoproterozoic rifted margins, implying they were pieces of some ancestral landmass(es). The idea that such an ancient continental assembly represents an Archean supercontinent has been proposed but remains to be justified. Starkly contrasting geological records betwee...

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Main Authors: Liu, Yebo, Mitchell, Ross N., Li, Zheng-Xiang, Kirscher, Uwe, Pisarevsky, Sergei A., Wang, Chong
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: GEOLOGICAL SOC AMER, INC 2021
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL150100133
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90596
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author Liu, Yebo
Mitchell, Ross N.
Li, Zheng-Xiang
Kirscher, Uwe
Pisarevsky, Sergei A.
Wang, Chong
author_facet Liu, Yebo
Mitchell, Ross N.
Li, Zheng-Xiang
Kirscher, Uwe
Pisarevsky, Sergei A.
Wang, Chong
author_sort Liu, Yebo
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Many Archean cratons exhibit Paleoproterozoic rifted margins, implying they were pieces of some ancestral landmass(es). The idea that such an ancient continental assembly represents an Archean supercontinent has been proposed but remains to be justified. Starkly contrasting geological records between different clans of cratons have inspired an alternative hypothesis where cratons were clustered in multiple, separate “supercratons.” A new ca. 2.62 Ga paleomagnetic pole from the Yilgarn craton of Australia is compatible with either two successive but ephemeral supercontinents or two long-lived supercratons across the Archean-Proterozoic transition. Neither interpretation supports the existence of a single, long-lived supercontinent, suggesting that Archean geodynamics were fundamentally different from subsequent times (Proterozoic to present), which were influenced largely by supercontinent cycles.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-905962023-03-27T01:21:26Z Archean geodynamics: Ephemeral supercontinents or long-lived supercratons Liu, Yebo Mitchell, Ross N. Li, Zheng-Xiang Kirscher, Uwe Pisarevsky, Sergei A. Wang, Chong Science & Technology Physical Sciences Geology 2 NEOARCHEAN SUPERCONTINENTS LOW-LATITUDE GLACIATION TRUE POLAR WANDER WESTERN-AUSTRALIA DYKE SWARMS PLATE-TECTONICS PALEOMAGNETISM GA EVOLUTION LAURENTIA Many Archean cratons exhibit Paleoproterozoic rifted margins, implying they were pieces of some ancestral landmass(es). The idea that such an ancient continental assembly represents an Archean supercontinent has been proposed but remains to be justified. Starkly contrasting geological records between different clans of cratons have inspired an alternative hypothesis where cratons were clustered in multiple, separate “supercratons.” A new ca. 2.62 Ga paleomagnetic pole from the Yilgarn craton of Australia is compatible with either two successive but ephemeral supercontinents or two long-lived supercratons across the Archean-Proterozoic transition. Neither interpretation supports the existence of a single, long-lived supercontinent, suggesting that Archean geodynamics were fundamentally different from subsequent times (Proterozoic to present), which were influenced largely by supercontinent cycles. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90596 10.1130/G48575.1 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL150100133 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ GEOLOGICAL SOC AMER, INC fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Geology
2 NEOARCHEAN SUPERCONTINENTS
LOW-LATITUDE GLACIATION
TRUE POLAR WANDER
WESTERN-AUSTRALIA
DYKE SWARMS
PLATE-TECTONICS
PALEOMAGNETISM
GA
EVOLUTION
LAURENTIA
Liu, Yebo
Mitchell, Ross N.
Li, Zheng-Xiang
Kirscher, Uwe
Pisarevsky, Sergei A.
Wang, Chong
Archean geodynamics: Ephemeral supercontinents or long-lived supercratons
title Archean geodynamics: Ephemeral supercontinents or long-lived supercratons
title_full Archean geodynamics: Ephemeral supercontinents or long-lived supercratons
title_fullStr Archean geodynamics: Ephemeral supercontinents or long-lived supercratons
title_full_unstemmed Archean geodynamics: Ephemeral supercontinents or long-lived supercratons
title_short Archean geodynamics: Ephemeral supercontinents or long-lived supercratons
title_sort archean geodynamics: ephemeral supercontinents or long-lived supercratons
topic Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Geology
2 NEOARCHEAN SUPERCONTINENTS
LOW-LATITUDE GLACIATION
TRUE POLAR WANDER
WESTERN-AUSTRALIA
DYKE SWARMS
PLATE-TECTONICS
PALEOMAGNETISM
GA
EVOLUTION
LAURENTIA
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL150100133
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90596