Discovery of a microcontinent (Gulden Draak Knoll) offshore Western Australia: implications for East Gondwana reconstructions
Analysis of dredged samples from the Gulden Draak Knoll demonstrates that it is a submarine rifted continental fragment that lies at the boundary between the western Perth Abyssal Plain and Wharton Basin, Indian Ocean. The Knoll comprises a granulite facies basement, including pelitic paragneiss and...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:95969 2023-05-15T13:37:24+02:00 Discovery of a microcontinent (Gulden Draak Knoll) offshore Western Australia: implications for East Gondwana reconstructions Gardner, RL Daczko, NR Halpin, JA Whittaker, JM 2014 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2014.08.013 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/95969 en eng Int Assoc Gondwana Research http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2014.08.013 Gardner, RL and Daczko, NR and Halpin, JA and Whittaker, JM, Discovery of a microcontinent (Gulden Draak Knoll) offshore Western Australia: implications for East Gondwana reconstructions, Gondwana Research, 28, (3) pp. 1019-1031. ISSN 1342-937X (2014) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/95969 Earth Sciences Geology Tectonics Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2014 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2014.08.013 2019-12-13T21:58:23Z Analysis of dredged samples from the Gulden Draak Knoll demonstrates that it is a submarine rifted continental fragment that lies at the boundary between the western Perth Abyssal Plain and Wharton Basin, Indian Ocean. The Knoll comprises a granulite facies basement, including pelitic paragneiss and mafic orthogneiss, with a Cambrian granite inferred to intrude the other rocks. Boulders and cobbles of felsic gneiss with Mesoproterozoic and Cambrian protolith ages were also sampled likely reflecting a complex basement to variable sedimentary and volcanic rocks. The UPb isotopic system in the Archean and Mesoproterozoic zircon is significantly disturbed, reflecting Cambrian orogenesis that affected all samples. The protolith to garnetsillimanitebiotite paragneiss has a maximum deposition age of 1163 24 Ma and includes older detrital zircon grains with populations at c. 2.65 Ga and between 1.4 and 1.1 Ga. A younger population in this sample is interpreted as a mix of newly grown metamorphic zircon and isotopically reset zircon, implying that the granulite facies metamorphism occurred at c. 511 5 Ma. Protracted Cambrian orogenesis is indicated by a metamorphic age in the mafic orthogneiss of 530 6 Ma and isotopic disturbance shortly following emplacement of granite (c. 540 Ma with zircon ages disturbed to 509 7 Ma) and the protolith to the felsic orthogneiss (c. 528 Ma with zircon ages disturbed to 510 3 Ma). Xenocrystic zircon grains in the Cambrian rocks include Archean (c. 2839 9 Ma) and Mesoproterozoic (12301370 Ma) populations also isotopically disturbed during Cambrian orogenesis. Igneous Cambrian zircon grains have less radiogenic Hf-isotope compositions (Hf i = 0.2818210.281367) than Mesoproterozoic xenocrysts (Hf i = 0.2822670.281993), indicating limited involvement of the Mesoproterozoic crust in granite production. A more likely source includes Archean crust represented by xenocrysts with Hf i = 0.2813990.280863. The Gulden Draak Knoll is reconstructed in Gondwana (Leeuwin full-fit model) along strike of a major structure termed the IndoAustraloAntarctic Suture (IAAS), recently mapped from geophysical interpretations in Wilkes Land, Antarctica. New isotopic data suggest that basement rocks from the Gulden Draak Knoll have affinity to crust exposed either side of the IAAS. Determining if this structure is a suture zone sensu stricto remains to be tested. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Wilkes Land eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Indian The Knoll ENVELOPE(169.350,169.350,-77.517,-77.517) Wharton ENVELOPE(157.817,157.817,-81.050,-81.050) Wilkes Land ENVELOPE(120.000,120.000,-69.000,-69.000) Gondwana Research 28 3 1019 1031 |
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Analysis of dredged samples from the Gulden Draak Knoll demonstrates that it is a submarine rifted continental fragment that lies at the boundary between the western Perth Abyssal Plain and Wharton Basin, Indian Ocean. The Knoll comprises a granulite facies basement, including pelitic paragneiss and mafic orthogneiss, with a Cambrian granite inferred to intrude the other rocks. Boulders and cobbles of felsic gneiss with Mesoproterozoic and Cambrian protolith ages were also sampled likely reflecting a complex basement to variable sedimentary and volcanic rocks. The UPb isotopic system in the Archean and Mesoproterozoic zircon is significantly disturbed, reflecting Cambrian orogenesis that affected all samples. The protolith to garnetsillimanitebiotite paragneiss has a maximum deposition age of 1163 24 Ma and includes older detrital zircon grains with populations at c. 2.65 Ga and between 1.4 and 1.1 Ga. A younger population in this sample is interpreted as a mix of newly grown metamorphic zircon and isotopically reset zircon, implying that the granulite facies metamorphism occurred at c. 511 5 Ma. Protracted Cambrian orogenesis is indicated by a metamorphic age in the mafic orthogneiss of 530 6 Ma and isotopic disturbance shortly following emplacement of granite (c. 540 Ma with zircon ages disturbed to 509 7 Ma) and the protolith to the felsic orthogneiss (c. 528 Ma with zircon ages disturbed to 510 3 Ma). Xenocrystic zircon grains in the Cambrian rocks include Archean (c. 2839 9 Ma) and Mesoproterozoic (12301370 Ma) populations also isotopically disturbed during Cambrian orogenesis. Igneous Cambrian zircon grains have less radiogenic Hf-isotope compositions (Hf i = 0.2818210.281367) than Mesoproterozoic xenocrysts (Hf i = 0.2822670.281993), indicating limited involvement of the Mesoproterozoic crust in granite production. A more likely source includes Archean crust represented by xenocrysts with Hf i = 0.2813990.280863. The Gulden Draak Knoll is reconstructed in Gondwana (Leeuwin full-fit model) along strike of a major structure termed the IndoAustraloAntarctic Suture (IAAS), recently mapped from geophysical interpretations in Wilkes Land, Antarctica. New isotopic data suggest that basement rocks from the Gulden Draak Knoll have affinity to crust exposed either side of the IAAS. Determining if this structure is a suture zone sensu stricto remains to be tested. |
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Discovery of a microcontinent (Gulden Draak Knoll) offshore Western Australia: implications for East Gondwana reconstructions |
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Discovery of a microcontinent (Gulden Draak Knoll) offshore Western Australia: implications for East Gondwana reconstructions |
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Discovery of a microcontinent (Gulden Draak Knoll) offshore Western Australia: implications for East Gondwana reconstructions |
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Discovery of a microcontinent (Gulden Draak Knoll) offshore Western Australia: implications for East Gondwana reconstructions |
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Discovery of a microcontinent (Gulden Draak Knoll) offshore Western Australia: implications for East Gondwana reconstructions |
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discovery of a microcontinent (gulden draak knoll) offshore western australia: implications for east gondwana reconstructions |
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