Computer Science
Scientific paper
Nov 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004e%26psl.227..297h&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 227, Issue 3-4, p. 297-311.
Computer Science
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Ar–Ar Dating, Sediment Provenance, Neoproterozoic, Cambrian, South Australia
Scientific paper
Detrital zircon ages are commonly used to investigate sediment provenance and supply routes. Here, we explore the advantages of employing multiple, complimentary techniques via a case study of the Neoproterozoic and Cambrian of the Adelaide Rift Complex, South Australia. Detrital muscovite Ar Ar ages are presented from stratigraphic units, or equivalents, that have previously been the subject of U Pb detrital zircon dating, and, in some cases, whole-rock Sm Nd isotope studies. The zircon age ranges and whole-rock Sm Nd isotope data suggest that early Neoproterozoic sediments from near the base of the Adelaide Rift Complex comprise a mixture of detritus derived from the adjacent Gawler Craton (Palaeoproterozoic to earliest Mesoproterozoic) and overlying Gairdner flood basalts. In contrast, detrital muscovites from this level have a broad scatter of Mesoproterozoic infrared (IR) laser total fusion Ar Ar ages, while UV laser traverses indicate that the age spread reflects partial resetting by multiple heating events, rather than a mixture of sources. Younger Neoproterozoic sediments document replacement of the Gawler Craton by the more distant Musgrave and/or Albany Fraser Orogens as the main provenance. The Cambrian Kanmantoo Group marks an abrupt change in depositional style and a new sediment source. The Kanmantoo Group have older Nd model ages than underlying strata, yet are dominated by near to deposition-aged (˜500 650 Ma) detrital zircons and muscovites, suggesting rapid cooling and exhumation of a tectonically active provenance region. Although this source remains uncertain, evidence points towards the distant Pan-African orogenic belts. Deposition in the Adelaide Rift Complex was terminated in the late Early Cambrian by the Delamerian Orogeny, and the results of previous detrital mineral dating studies from the Lachlan Fold Belt to the east are consistent with at least partial derivation of these sediments from reworked upper Adelaide Rift Complex (Kanmantoo Group), rather than a continuation of sediment supply from the Kanmantoo Group sediment source. More broadly, the data suggest a close link between basin formation and orogen exhumation, and we also speculate that mantle plumes have played a significant role in crustal evolution at this Palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwanaland, challenging the notion that subduction zones are the principle sites of crustal growth and sediment provenance.
Haines Peter W.
Kelley Simon P.
Sherlock Sarah C.
Turner Simon P.
Wartho Jo-Anne
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