Gondwana’s interlinked peripheral orogens

After its Ediacaran-Early Cambrian assembly, Gondwana was flanked by a system of peripheral orogens, Terra Australis, Avalonian-Cadomian and newly defined North Indo-Australie, which display broad temporal correlations of their lithotectonic records. Prior to assembly, their initial histories were p...

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Main Authors: Cawood, Peter, Martin, Erin, Murphy, Brendan, Pisarevsky, Sergei
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL150100133
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90945
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author Cawood, Peter
Martin, Erin
Murphy, Brendan
Pisarevsky, Sergei
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Murphy, Brendan
Pisarevsky, Sergei
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description After its Ediacaran-Early Cambrian assembly, Gondwana was flanked by a system of peripheral orogens, Terra Australis, Avalonian-Cadomian and newly defined North Indo-Australie, which display broad temporal correlations of their lithotectonic records. Prior to assembly, their initial histories were primarily controlled by the early Neoproterozoic breakup of Rodinia with second order variances reflecting the differing relationships of their basement continental blocks to that supercontinent. The Terra Australis Orogen developed on basement blocks that previously occupied interior locations within Rodinia and initial successions record development of a passive continental margin. The North Indo-Australie orogen records a similar history of passive margin development, but at least its Indian portion was likely separate from Rodinia. The basement blocks of the Avalonian-Cadomian Orogen previously occupied exterior locations around Rodinia with initial successions indicating the development of a convergent plate margin. As Gondwana assembled, Avalonian-Cadomian convergence terminated at about the same time as convergence commenced in the Terra Australis and North Indo-Australie orogens. The absence of a complete long-lived contemporaneous subduction girdle around Gondwana likely prevented its breakup, in contrast to Rodinia and Pangea, in which the presence of subduction girdles corresponds with lithospheric extension across the supercontinents as a precursor to their ultimate breakup.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-909452023-05-08T07:32:16Z Gondwana’s interlinked peripheral orogens Cawood, Peter Martin, Erin Murphy, Brendan Pisarevsky, Sergei Science & Technology Physical Sciences Geochemistry & Geophysics Gondwana peripheral orogen Neoproterozoic supercontinent ACCRETIONARY OROGENS HF ISOTOPES EVOLUTION RODINIA BREAKUP MARGIN CONSTRAINTS MAGMATISM AUSTRALIA PACIFIC After its Ediacaran-Early Cambrian assembly, Gondwana was flanked by a system of peripheral orogens, Terra Australis, Avalonian-Cadomian and newly defined North Indo-Australie, which display broad temporal correlations of their lithotectonic records. Prior to assembly, their initial histories were primarily controlled by the early Neoproterozoic breakup of Rodinia with second order variances reflecting the differing relationships of their basement continental blocks to that supercontinent. The Terra Australis Orogen developed on basement blocks that previously occupied interior locations within Rodinia and initial successions record development of a passive continental margin. The North Indo-Australie orogen records a similar history of passive margin development, but at least its Indian portion was likely separate from Rodinia. The basement blocks of the Avalonian-Cadomian Orogen previously occupied exterior locations around Rodinia with initial successions indicating the development of a convergent plate margin. As Gondwana assembled, Avalonian-Cadomian convergence terminated at about the same time as convergence commenced in the Terra Australis and North Indo-Australie orogens. The absence of a complete long-lived contemporaneous subduction girdle around Gondwana likely prevented its breakup, in contrast to Rodinia and Pangea, in which the presence of subduction girdles corresponds with lithospheric extension across the supercontinents as a precursor to their ultimate breakup. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90945 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117057 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL150100133 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Elsevier fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Gondwana
peripheral orogen
Neoproterozoic
supercontinent
ACCRETIONARY OROGENS
HF ISOTOPES
EVOLUTION
RODINIA
BREAKUP
MARGIN
CONSTRAINTS
MAGMATISM
AUSTRALIA
PACIFIC
Cawood, Peter
Martin, Erin
Murphy, Brendan
Pisarevsky, Sergei
Gondwana’s interlinked peripheral orogens
title Gondwana’s interlinked peripheral orogens
title_full Gondwana’s interlinked peripheral orogens
title_fullStr Gondwana’s interlinked peripheral orogens
title_full_unstemmed Gondwana’s interlinked peripheral orogens
title_short Gondwana’s interlinked peripheral orogens
title_sort gondwana’s interlinked peripheral orogens
topic Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Gondwana
peripheral orogen
Neoproterozoic
supercontinent
ACCRETIONARY OROGENS
HF ISOTOPES
EVOLUTION
RODINIA
BREAKUP
MARGIN
CONSTRAINTS
MAGMATISM
AUSTRALIA
PACIFIC
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL150100133
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90945