Proterozoic basement provinces of southern and southwestern Australia, and their correlation with Antarctica

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
• Main Author: Fitzsimons, Ian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 2003
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctica; George V Land; Miller Range; The Antarctic; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16177; https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.206.01.07

Three Precambrian basement provinces extend from the southern coast of Australiainto East Antarctica when reconstructed in a Gondwana configuration. These are, from east to west, the Mawson Craton, Albany-Fraser Orogen and Pinjarra Orogen. The Mawson Craton preserves evidence for tectonic activity f...