Origin, accretion, and reworking of continents

R Zhu, G Zhao, W Xiao, L Chen… - Reviews of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The continental crust is unique to the Earth in the solar system, and controversies remain
regarding its origin, accretion and reworking of continents. The plate tectonics theory has …

Antarctica—before and after Gondwana

SD Boger - Gondwana Research, 2011 - Elsevier
The origin of the Antarctic continent can be traced to a relatively small late Archaean cratonic
nucleus centred on the Terre Adélie regions of East Antarctica and the Gawler Craton region …

Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits in Earth history

DL Leach, DC Bradley, D Huston… - Economic …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Sediment-hosted Pb-Zn deposits can be divided into two major subtypes. The first
subtype is clastic-dominated lead-zinc (CD Pb-Zn) ores, which are hosted in shale …

Iron oxide copper-gold deposits: Geology, space-time distribution, and possible modes of origin

PJ Williams, MD Barton, DA Johnson, L Fontboté… - 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Many diverse ore systems are classified together as iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits
based on an empirical definition arising primarily from geochemical features that do not …

Seismic tomography with the reversible jump algorithm

T Bodin, M Sambridge - Geophysical Journal International, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The reversible jump algorithm is a statistical method for Bayesian inference with a variable
number of unknowns. Here, we apply this method to the seismic tomography problem. The …

A Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic reconstruction of the Southwest Pacific region: Tectonics controlled by subduction and slab rollback processes

WP Schellart, GS Lister, VG Toy - Earth-Science Reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
A Cenozoic tectonic reconstruction is presented for the Southwest Pacific region located
east of Australia. The reconstruction is constrained by large geological and geophysical …

Lithospheric, cratonic, and geodynamic setting of Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits

GC Begg, JAM Hronsky, NT Arndt… - Economic …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The location of magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits is related to lithospheric architecture,
particularly that of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM). At crustal levels, this …

The Tasmanides of eastern Australia

RA Glen - 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Tasmanides of eastern Australia record the break-up of Rodinia, followed by
the growth of orogenic belts along the eastern margin of Gondwana. Spatially, the …

Assembling Australia: Proterozoic building of a continent

PA Cawood, RJ Korsch - Precambrian Research, 2008 - Elsevier
The western two-thirds of Australia is underlain by Precambrian rocks that are divisible into
three Archean to Paleoproterozoic cratons, the West Australian, North Australian and South …

The 1800–1100 Ma tectonic evolution of Australia

PG Betts, D Giles - Precambrian Research, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper presents a plate tectonic model for the evolution of the Australian continent
between ca. 1800 and 1100Ma. Between ca. 1800 and 1600Ma episodic orogenesis …