Discovery of a microcontinent (Gulden Draak Knoll) offshore Western Australia: implications for East Gondwana reconstructions

• Published in: Gondwana Research
• Main Authors: Gardner, RL, Daczko, NR, Halpin, JA, Whittaker, JM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Int Assoc Gondwana Research 2014
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geology; Tectonics; Indian; The Knoll; Wharton; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2014.08.013; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/95969

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...