Grenville-age magmatism at the South Tasman Rise (Australia): A new piercing point for the reconstruction of Rodinia

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Fioretti, A., Black, L., Foden, J., Visona, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Soc America Inc 2005
• Subjects: South Tasman Rise; Rodinia; Grenville; East Antarctic craton; SHRIMP; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/16503; https://doi.org/10.1130/G21671.1

A U-Pb zircon sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe age of 1119.4 ± 8.5 Ma, obtained from a quartz syenite dredged from the South Tasman Rise (Australia), provides the first direct evidence of the presence of Grenville-age magmatic rocks along the central part of the hypothesized Australia–East A...