Deconstructing plate tectonic reconstructions

M Seton, SE Williams, M Domeier, AS Collins… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
The evolving mosaic of tectonic plates across the surface of the Earth sets boundary
conditions for the evolution of biotic and abiotic processes and helps shape the dynamics of …

[HTML][HTML] Laser ablation (in situ) Lu-Hf dating of magmatic fluorite and hydrothermal fluorite-bearing veins

S Glorie, J Mulder, M Hand, A Fabris, A Simpson… - Geoscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluorite (CaF 2) is a common hydrothermal mineral, which precipitates from fluorine-rich
fluids with an exceptional capacity to transport metals and Rare Earth Elements (REEs) …

Biological diversification linked to environmental stabilization following the Sturtian Snowball glaciation

FT Bowyer, AJ Krause, Y Song, KJ Huang, Y Fu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The body fossil and biomarker records hint at an increase in biotic complexity between the
two Cryogenian Snowball Earth episodes (ca. 661 million to≤ 650 million years ago) …

Closure of the Proterozoic Mozambique Ocean was instigated by a late Tonian plate reorganization event

AS Collins, ML Blades, AS Merdith… - Communications Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Plate reorganization events involve fundamental changes in lithospheric plate-motions and
can influence the lithosphere-mantle system as well as both ocean and atmospheric …

[HTML][HTML] Precise zircon U-Pb dating of the Mesoproterozoic Gawler large igneous province, South Australia

EA Jagodzinski, AJ Reid, JL Crowley, CE Wade… - Results in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mesoproterozoic Gawler Range Volcanics and Benagerie Volcanic Suite of the
Gawler Craton and Curnamona Province, South Australia, together with associated intrusive …

Metallogenic setting and temporal evolution of porphyry Cu-Mo mineralization and alteration in the Delamerian Orogen, South Australia: Insights from zircon U-Pb …

W Hong, A Fabris, T Wise, AS Collins… - Economic …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Paleozoic porphyry-style hydrothermal alteration and mineralization has previously been
recognized within the Delamerian orogen, South Australia, where porphyry prospects …

Zircon inheritance, sources of Devonian granitic magmas and crustal structure in central Victoria

JD Clemens, G Stevens, LM Coetzer - Australian Journal of Earth …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In central Victoria, inherited zircon in Devonian igneous rocks and detrital zircon in
metasedimentary country rocks and an amphibolite-facies xenolith show that …

The Wattie Group of the Birrindudu Basin, northern Australia: a witness to the denudation of the Nuna-forming Isan/Chewings Orogeny

A Khanna, ML Blades, AS Collins - Australian Journal of Earth …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Proterozoic Birrindudu Basin lacks a robust chronostratigraphic framework and
remains one of the least explored basins in the Northern Territory, Australia. It shares …

The Arabian–Nubian Shield within the Neoproterozoic plate tectonic circuit

AS Collins, ML Blades, AS Merdith - The Geology of the Arabian-Nubian …, 2021 - Springer
The limited shortening and crustal thickening in the Arabian–Nubian Shield (ANS) during
central Gondwana amalgamation have preserved the pre-continental collision accretionary …

Geochronology and formal stratigraphy of the Sturtian Glaciation in the Adelaide Superbasin

JC Lloyd, WV Preiss, AS Collins, GM Virgo… - Geological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The glaciogenic nature of the Yudnamutana Subgroup was first recognized over a century
ago, and its global significance was recognized shortly after, with the eventual postulation of …