The spatial and temporal evolution of strain during the separation of Australia and Antarctica
A re-evaluation of existing onshore and offshore gravity, magnetic, seismic reflection, and well data from the Australo-Antarctic margins suggests that magmatism and along-strike lithospheric heterogeneities have influenced the localization of initial rifting. The 3D crustal architecture of the Aust...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:33230 2023-05-15T13:40:26+02:00 The spatial and temporal evolution of strain during the separation of Australia and Antarctica Ball, Philip Eagles, Graeme Ebinger, Cynthia McClay, Ken Totterdell, Jennifer 2013 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/33230/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/33230/1/ggge20160.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20160 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.41811 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.41811.d001 unknown https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/33230/1/ggge20160.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.41811.d001 Ball, P. , Eagles, G. orcid:0000-0001-5325-0810 , Ebinger, C. , McClay, K. and Totterdell, J. (2013) The spatial and temporal evolution of strain during the separation of Australia and Antarctica , Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, n/a-n/a . doi:10.1002/ggge.20160 <https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20160> , hdl:10013/epic.41811 EPIC3Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, pp. n/a-n/a, ISSN: 15252027 Article isiRev 2013 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20160 2021-12-24T15:38:42Z A re-evaluation of existing onshore and offshore gravity, magnetic, seismic reflection, and well data from the Australo-Antarctic margins suggests that magmatism and along-strike lithospheric heterogeneities have influenced the localization of initial rifting. The 3D crustal architecture of the Australian and Antarctic margins, which formed during multiple rifting episodes spanning ~80 My, reveal local asymmetries along strike. Rift structures from the broad, late Jurassic (165-145 Ma) rift zone are partially overprinted by a narrower, mid-to-late Cretaceous rift zone ~100 Ma, which evolved in highly extended crust. This late-stage rift zone is located within a region of heterogeneous crust with faults that cut late syn-rift strata, interpreted as a continent ocean transition zone. This late stage transitional rift is populated by seismically identified rift-parallel basement highs and intra-crustal bodies with corresponding positive Bouguer gravity and magnetic anomalies. These undrilled features can be interpreted as exposures of exhumed mantle rocks, lower crustal rocks and/or as discrete magmatic bodies. Our results suggest that strain across an initially broad Australo-Antarctic rift system (165-145 Ma) migrated to a narrow rift zone with some magmatism at 100-83 Ma. Breakup did not occur until ~53 Ma within the eastern Bight-Wilkes and Otway-Adélie margin sectors, suggesting a west to east propagation of seafloor spreading. The prolonged eastwards propagation of seafloor spreading processes and the increased asymmetry of the Australian-Antarctic margins coincides with a change from rift-perpendicular to oblique rifting processes, which in turn coincide with along- strike variations in cratonic to Palaeozoic lithosphere. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Antarctic Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 14 8 2771 2799 |
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A re-evaluation of existing onshore and offshore gravity, magnetic, seismic reflection, and well data from the Australo-Antarctic margins suggests that magmatism and along-strike lithospheric heterogeneities have influenced the localization of initial rifting. The 3D crustal architecture of the Australian and Antarctic margins, which formed during multiple rifting episodes spanning ~80 My, reveal local asymmetries along strike. Rift structures from the broad, late Jurassic (165-145 Ma) rift zone are partially overprinted by a narrower, mid-to-late Cretaceous rift zone ~100 Ma, which evolved in highly extended crust. This late-stage rift zone is located within a region of heterogeneous crust with faults that cut late syn-rift strata, interpreted as a continent ocean transition zone. This late stage transitional rift is populated by seismically identified rift-parallel basement highs and intra-crustal bodies with corresponding positive Bouguer gravity and magnetic anomalies. These undrilled features can be interpreted as exposures of exhumed mantle rocks, lower crustal rocks and/or as discrete magmatic bodies. Our results suggest that strain across an initially broad Australo-Antarctic rift system (165-145 Ma) migrated to a narrow rift zone with some magmatism at 100-83 Ma. Breakup did not occur until ~53 Ma within the eastern Bight-Wilkes and Otway-Adélie margin sectors, suggesting a west to east propagation of seafloor spreading. The prolonged eastwards propagation of seafloor spreading processes and the increased asymmetry of the Australian-Antarctic margins coincides with a change from rift-perpendicular to oblique rifting processes, which in turn coincide with along- strike variations in cratonic to Palaeozoic lithosphere. |
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Ball, Philip Eagles, Graeme Ebinger, Cynthia McClay, Ken Totterdell, Jennifer The spatial and temporal evolution of strain during the separation of Australia and Antarctica |
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Ball, Philip Eagles, Graeme Ebinger, Cynthia McClay, Ken Totterdell, Jennifer |
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The spatial and temporal evolution of strain during the separation of Australia and Antarctica |
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The spatial and temporal evolution of strain during the separation of Australia and Antarctica |
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The spatial and temporal evolution of strain during the separation of Australia and Antarctica |
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The spatial and temporal evolution of strain during the separation of Australia and Antarctica |
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The spatial and temporal evolution of strain during the separation of Australia and Antarctica |
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spatial and temporal evolution of strain during the separation of australia and antarctica |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/33230/1/ggge20160.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.41811.d001 Ball, P. , Eagles, G. orcid:0000-0001-5325-0810 , Ebinger, C. , McClay, K. and Totterdell, J. (2013) The spatial and temporal evolution of strain during the separation of Australia and Antarctica , Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, n/a-n/a . doi:10.1002/ggge.20160 <https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20160> , hdl:10013/epic.41811 |
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