An Australian source for Pacific-Gondwanan zircons: implications for the assembly of northeastern Gondwana

• Main Authors: Martin, Erin L., Collins, William J., Kirkland, Christopher L.
• Other Authors: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of America 2017
• Subjects: zircons; Australia; Antarctica; Neoproterozoic–Paleozoic basins; Pacific-Gondwana; Pacific; Paterson; Terra Australis; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1355484

Detrital zircons in Neoproterozoic–Paleozoic basins of the Pacific-Gondwana (PG) region contain a distinctive 700–500 Ma population conventionally considered to be derived from Antarctica. However, the 700–600 Ma age component of the population predates major peripheral orogenesis (Terra Australis o...