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dc.contributor.authorPawley, M.
dc.contributor.authorWingate, M.
dc.contributor.authorKirkland, Chris
dc.contributor.authorWyche, S.
dc.contributor.authorHall, C.
dc.contributor.authorRomano, S.
dc.contributor.authorDoublier, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:08:11Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:08:11Z
dc.date.created2015-10-29T04:09:11Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationPawley, M. and Wingate, M. and Kirkland, C. and Wyche, S. and Hall, C. and Romano, S. and Doublier, M. 2012. Adding pieces to the puzzle: Episodic crustal growth and a new terrane in the northeast Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 59 (5): pp. 603-623.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8686
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/08120099.2012.696555
dc.description.abstract

New geological mapping and geochronology in the northeast Yilgarn Craton has changed our geological understanding of this region. The Yilgarn Craton had previously been divided into a series of terranes, with the easternmost Eastern Goldfields Superterrane separated from the Youanmi Terrane, which forms the core of the protocraton, by the Ida Fault zone. The Eastern Goldfields Superterrane was subdivided into the western Kalgoorlie, central Kurnalpi, and eastern Burtville terranes, with the latter, easternmost terrane the focus of the new field mapping and geochronology. Four main episodes of greenstone crustal growth have been recognised in the northeast Yilgarn Craton: ca 2970–2910 Ma, ca 2815–2800 Ma, 2775–2735 Ma, and ca 2715–2630 Ma. Rather than a single Burtville Terrane, as previously proposed, the distribution of greenstone magmatism reveals a previously unrecognised young (<2720 Ma) Yamarna Terrane in the northeast corner of the craton. The Yamarna Terrane is separated from the older (>2735 Ma) redefined Burtville Terrane by the Yamarna Shear Zone, which is now regarded as a terrane boundary. The correlation of lithologies and ages of magmatism in the northeast Yilgarn Craton with the rest of the craton indicates that the Burtville Terrane has affinities with the Youanmi Terrane that forms the nucleus of the craton, whereas the Yamarna Terrane has affinities with the Kalgoorlie Terrane in the west of the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane.The Burtville and Youanmi terranes shared a common history from ca 2970 Ma until ca 2720 Ma, when regional extension accommodated deposition of the Kambalda Sequence in the Kalgoorlie Terrane. It appears that extension also occurred along the Yamarna Shear Zone after ca 2720 Ma, accommodating the deposition of greenstones in the Yamarna Terrane. Like the Kalgoorlie and Kurnalpi Terranes, the Yamarna Terrane contains inherited zircon and local older rocks. This suggests that the ca 2720 Ma extension did not result in widespread rifting and the formation of extensive oceanic crust. Rather, there was thinning of older crust that extended right across the current Yilgarn Craton.

dc.titleAdding pieces to the puzzle: Episodic crustal growth and a new terrane in the northeast Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume59
dcterms.source.number5
dcterms.source.startPage603
dcterms.source.endPage623
dcterms.source.issn0812-0099
dcterms.source.titleAustralian Journal of Earth Sciences
curtin.departmentDepartment of Applied Geology
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