Major crustal boundaries of Australia, and their significance in mineral systems targeting

RJ Korsch, MP Doublier - Ore Geology Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
For over 35 years, deep seismic reflection profiles have been acquired routinely across
Australia to better understand the crustal architecture and geodynamic evolution of key …

Transformation of an Archean craton margin during Proterozoic basin formation and magmatism: The Albany–Fraser Orogen, Western Australia

CV Spaggiari, CL Kirkland, RH Smithies… - Precambrian …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Albany–Fraser Orogen is a well-preserved example of Proterozoic modification
of an Archean craton margin. The formation of two successive basin systems accompanied …

[HTML][HTML] The nature of the Moho in Australia from reflection profiling: a review

BLN Kennett, E Saygin - GeoResJ, 2015 - Elsevier
The transition between the crust and mantle across the Australian continent shows
considerable variations in both depth and sharpness. Recent extensive seismic reflection …

Proterozoic crustal evolution of the Eucla basement, Australia: Implications for destruction of oceanic crust during emergence of Nuna

CL Kirkland, RH Smithies, CV Spaggiari, MTD Wingate… - Lithos, 2017 - Elsevier
The crystalline basement beneath the Cretaceous to Cenozoic Bight and Eucla Basins, in
Western Australia has received comparatively little attention even though it lies on the …

[HTML][HTML] Petrogenesis and Ni–Cu sulphide potential of mafic–ultramafic rocks in the Mesoproterozoic Fraser Zone within the Albany–Fraser Orogen, Western Australia

WD Maier, RH Smithies, CV Spaggiari, SJ Barnes… - Precambrian …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Albany Fraser Orogen is located along the southern and southeastern margins
of the Archean Yilgarn Craton. The orogen formed during reworking of the Yilgarn Craton …

Foreign contemporaries–unravelling disparate isotopic signatures from Mesoproterozoic Central and Western Australia

CL Kirkland, RH Smithies, CV Spaggiari - Precambrian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Extensive time constrained isotopic (Sm–Nd, Lu–Hf) datasets on samples with well-studied
geological context demonstrates that the Musgrave Province of central Australia and the …

Buried but preserved: the proterozoic arubiddy ophiolite, madura province, western australia

CV Spaggiari, RH Smithies, CL Kirkland… - Precambrian …, 2018 - Elsevier
We describe a previously unidentified Proterozoic ophiolite complex situated in the Madura
Province in southeastern Western Australia. The Madura Province is almost entirely covered …

The affinity of Archean crust on the Yilgarn—Albany–Fraser Orogen boundary: Implications for gold mineralisation in the Tropicana Zone

CL Kirkland, CV Spaggiari, RH Smithies… - Precambrian …, 2015 - Elsevier
Craton margins can be subject to a wide array of gold genesis and redistribution processes,
although high-grade terrains on craton margins are frequently viewed as less prospective …

[PDF][PDF] Geological framework of the Albany–Fraser Orogen

CV Spaggiari, CL Kirkland, RH Smithies… - … Orogen seismic and …, 2014 - researchgate.net
The margins of the Archean Yilgarn Craton record a long and variable geodynamic history,
from at least the latest Neoarchean. These margins are either truncated or reworked, or were …

Natural hydrogen seeps or salt lakes: how to make a difference? Grass Patch example, Western Australia

L Aimar, E Frery, J Strand, C Heath, S Khan… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Natural hydrogen exploration is picking up around the world while the geogenic hydrogen
system is still a Frontier science. Natural hydrogen seepage can occur in the form of a sub …