Contrasted morphologies of the Western and Eastern Piedmonts of the Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia

The Mt Lofty Ranges is a horst that evolved in two stages. The western margin developed as part of the South Australian Shatter Belt during the separation of Australia and Antarctica. Gulf St Vincent formed at this time. Though recurrently active the upland dates essentially from the Early Eocene wi...

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Main Authors: Twidale, Charles Rowland, Bourne, Jennifer Anne
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca (España) 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/129866
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spelling ftunivsalamanca:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/129866 2023-05-15T13:54:32+02:00 Contrasted morphologies of the Western and Eastern Piedmonts of the Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia Twidale, Charles Rowland Bourne, Jennifer Anne 2013 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10366/129866 eng eng Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca (España) Studia Geologica Salmanticensia, 49 (2013) 0211-8327 http://hdl.handle.net/10366/129866 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC-BY-NC-ND Geología Geology info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2013 ftunivsalamanca 2022-02-17T21:44:29Z The Mt Lofty Ranges is a horst that evolved in two stages. The western margin developed as part of the South Australian Shatter Belt during the separation of Australia and Antarctica. Gulf St Vincent formed at this time. Though recurrently active the upland dates essentially from the Early Eocene with major uplift in the later Cenozoic. By contrast, the eastern faulted margin postdates the Middle Miocene. Also, whereas the western piedmont and upland were affected by Late Cenozoic sea level changes and all that those imply for river behaviour, the eastern sector was buttressed against such fluctuations by the massive Miocene limestone deposited in the Murray Basin immediately to the east. Consequently, the western piedmont is dominated by alluvial fans, but the eastern is complex, with well-developed scarp-foot depressions, exhumed landforms, and dunefields in some sectors. La cadena montañosa del Monte Lofty es un horst que se originó en dos etapas. Su margen oeste se desarrolló como parte del “Shatter Belt” de Australiadel Sur durante la separación de Australia y la Antártida. El golfo de San Vicente se originó en esa época. Aunque recurrentes en el tiempo, los levantamientos tectónicos se inician esencialmente al inicio del Eoceno y con el mayor ascenso al final del Cenozoico. Por el contrario, el margen fallado del este es al final el Mioceno Medio. Por otra parte, mientras el piedemonte y las zonas levantadas del oeste se vieron afectadas por los cambios del nivel del mar durante el Cenozoico tardío, y lo que ello implicó en el comportamiento de los ríos, el sector este fue protegido de esos cambios por la gran masa de calizas del Mioceno que rellenan la cuenca Murray, inmediatamente al este. Por tanto, el piedemonte oeste está dominado por abanicos aluviales mientras que el del este es complejo, con depresiones de pie de escarpe bien desarrolladas, formas exhumadas y campos de dunas en algunos sectores. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Antártida Universidad de Salamanca: Gredos (Gestión del Repositorio Documental de la Universidad de Salamanca) Cadena ENVELOPE(-67.600,-67.600,-67.450,-67.450) Murray Basin ENVELOPE(176.450,176.450,51.617,51.617)
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Contrasted morphologies of the Western and Eastern Piedmonts of the Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
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Geology
description The Mt Lofty Ranges is a horst that evolved in two stages. The western margin developed as part of the South Australian Shatter Belt during the separation of Australia and Antarctica. Gulf St Vincent formed at this time. Though recurrently active the upland dates essentially from the Early Eocene with major uplift in the later Cenozoic. By contrast, the eastern faulted margin postdates the Middle Miocene. Also, whereas the western piedmont and upland were affected by Late Cenozoic sea level changes and all that those imply for river behaviour, the eastern sector was buttressed against such fluctuations by the massive Miocene limestone deposited in the Murray Basin immediately to the east. Consequently, the western piedmont is dominated by alluvial fans, but the eastern is complex, with well-developed scarp-foot depressions, exhumed landforms, and dunefields in some sectors. La cadena montañosa del Monte Lofty es un horst que se originó en dos etapas. Su margen oeste se desarrolló como parte del “Shatter Belt” de Australiadel Sur durante la separación de Australia y la Antártida. El golfo de San Vicente se originó en esa época. Aunque recurrentes en el tiempo, los levantamientos tectónicos se inician esencialmente al inicio del Eoceno y con el mayor ascenso al final del Cenozoico. Por el contrario, el margen fallado del este es al final el Mioceno Medio. Por otra parte, mientras el piedemonte y las zonas levantadas del oeste se vieron afectadas por los cambios del nivel del mar durante el Cenozoico tardío, y lo que ello implicó en el comportamiento de los ríos, el sector este fue protegido de esos cambios por la gran masa de calizas del Mioceno que rellenan la cuenca Murray, inmediatamente al este. Por tanto, el piedemonte oeste está dominado por abanicos aluviales mientras que el del este es complejo, con depresiones de pie de escarpe bien desarrolladas, formas exhumadas y campos de dunas en algunos sectores.
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author Twidale, Charles Rowland
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title Contrasted morphologies of the Western and Eastern Piedmonts of the Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
title_short Contrasted morphologies of the Western and Eastern Piedmonts of the Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
title_full Contrasted morphologies of the Western and Eastern Piedmonts of the Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
title_fullStr Contrasted morphologies of the Western and Eastern Piedmonts of the Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
title_full_unstemmed Contrasted morphologies of the Western and Eastern Piedmonts of the Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
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