Palaeoproterozoic accretion processes of Australia and comparisons with Laurentia

• Published in: International Geology Review
• Main Authors: Betts, P., Giles, D., Aitken, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: V H Winston & Son Inc 2011
• Subjects: Palaeoproterozoic accretion; Laurentia; Australia; subduction roll back; heat production; lithospheric strength; Aitken; Giles; Nimrod; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/68493; https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2010.527646

The Palaeoproterozoic rocks of Australia and Laurentia preserve an excellent record of the accretionary tectonics associated with transitions between the Columbia (Nuna) and Rodinia supercontinents. The geologic records of Australia and Laurentia suggest that the dominant tectonic driver was one or...