Pan-Gondwanaland detrital zircons from Australia analysed for Hf-isotopes and trace elements reflect an ice-covered Antarctic provenance of 700-500 Ma age, TDM of 2.0-1.0 Ga, and alkaline affinity

• Published in: Earth-Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Veevers, J. J., Belousova, E. A., Saeed, A., Sircombe, K., Cooper, A. F., Read, S. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; Koettlitz Glacier; Pacific; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/8300b978-da4b-4635-949d-d8cbaea64519; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.11.001; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33744830044&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Eastern Australian sediments of Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian-Devonian, Triassic, and Neogene ages are known to be dominated by zircons dated 700-500 Ma ("Southwest Pacific-Gondwana igneous component") by the U-Pb SHRIMP method, and thought to be derived from Antarctica, as suggested also...