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Antarctica and supercontinent evolution / edited by S.L. Harley, University of Edinburgh, UK, I.C.W. Fitzsimons, Curtin University of Technology, Australia, and Y. Zhao, CAGS, China

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London : The Geological Society, 2013.
Physical Description
237 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm.
Additional Creators
Harley, Simon L., Fitzsimons, I. C. W. (Ian Christopher William), Zhao, Yue, 1955-, and 赵越, 1955-

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Antarctica and supercontinent evolution : historical perspectives, recent advances and unresolved issues / S.L. Harley, I.C.W. Fitzsimons & Y. Zhao -- The Mesoproterozic Rayner Province in the Lambert Glacier area : its age, origin, isotopic structure and implications for Australia-Antarctica correlations / E.V. Mikhalsky, J.W. Sheraton, I.V. Kudriavtsev, S.A. Segeev, V.P. Kovach, I.A. Kamenev & A.A. Laiba -- Pb isotopic domains from the Indian Ocean sector of Antarctica : implications for past Antarctica-India connections / M.J. Flowerdew, S. Tyrrell, S.D. Boger, I.C.W. Fitzsimons, S.L. Harley, E.V. Mikhalsky & A.P.M. Vaughan -- Boron- and phosphate-rich rocks in the Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, east Antarctica : tectonic implications / E.S. Grew, C.J. Carson, A.G. Christy & S.D. Boger -- The c. 1000-900 Ma and c. 550-500 Ma tectonothermal events in the Prince Charles Mountains-Prydz Bay region, east Antarctica, and their relations to supercontinent evolution / X. Liu, Y. Zhao & J. Hu -- Contrasting metamorphic records and their implications for tectonic process in the central Sør Rondane Mountains, eastern Dronning Maud Land, east Antarctica / T. Adachi, T. Hokada, Y. Osanai, N. Nakano, S. Baba & T. Toyoshima -- Possible armalcolite pseudomorph-bearing garnet-sillimanite gneiss from Skallevikshalsen, Lützow-Holm Complex, east Antarctica : implications for ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism / T. Kawasaki, T. Adachi, N. Nakano & Y. Osanai -- Anatectic reworking and differentiation of continental crust along the active margin of Gondwana : a zircon Hf-O perspective from west Antarctica / C. Yakymchuk, C.S. Siddoway, C.M. Fanning, R. McFadden, F.J. Korhonen & M. Brown -- Reconstruction of the early Mesozoic plate margin of Gondwana by U-Pb ages of detrital zircons from northern Victoria Land, Antarctica / M. Elsner, R. Schöner, A. Gerdes & R. Gaupp.
Summary
Antarctica preserves a rock record that spans three and a half billion years of history and has a remarkable story to tell about the evolution of our Earth, from the hottest crustal rocks yet found in an orogenic system, to the assembly and breakup of Gondwana in the Phanerozoic. This volume highlights our improved understanding of the tectonic events that have shaped Antarctica and how these potentially relate to supercontinent assembly and fragmentation. The internal constitution of the East Antarctic Shield is assessed using information available from the basement geology and from detritus preserved as Mesozoic sediments in the Trans Antarctic Mountains. Accretionary orogenesis along the proto-Pacific margin of Antarctica is examined and the volumes of intracrustal melting compared with juvenile magma additions in these complex orogenic systems assessed. This volume demonstrates the diversity of approaches required to elucidate and understand crustal evolution and evaluate the supercontinent concept.
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ISBN
9781862393677
1862393672
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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