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    Late Neoproterozoic 40° intraplate rotation within Australia allows for a tighter-fi tting and longer-lasting Rodinia

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    Li, Zheng-Xiang
    Evans, D.
    Date
    2011
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Li, Zheng-Xiang and Evans, David. 2011. Late Neoproterozoic 40° intraplate rotation within Australia allows for a tighter-fi tting and longer-lasting Rodinia. Geology. 39 (1): pp. 39-42.
    Source Title
    Geology
    DOI
    10.1130/G31461.1
    ISSN
    00917613
    School
    Department of Applied Geology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15519
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    Previous paleomagnetic work has appeared to demand the breakup of southwest United States−East Antarctic (SWEAT) type Rodinia reconstructions before ca. 750 Ma, significantly earlier than the stratigraphic record of rift-drift transition between 715 Ma and 650 Ma. Here we reanalyze Australian paleomagnetic and regional tectonic data to produce a model in which the Precambrian Australian continent had a slightly different configuration before the breakup of Rodinia. A cross-continental megashear zone developed along the Paterson and Petermann orogens at ca. 650–550 Ma, during or after the breakup of Rodinia, manifested as an ∼40° clockwise rotation of the South and West Australian cratons relative to the North Australian craton around a vertical axis in Central Australia. This model reconciles major paleomagnetic discrepancies within Australia, and allows for a longer lifespan of SWEAT-like reconstructions of Rodinia that are consistent with the Neoproterozoic stratigraphic records of Australia and Laurentia.

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