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Geology of the Terre Adélie Craton (135 – 146° E)

René-Pierre Ménot 1 G. Duclaux 2 J.J. Peucat 3 Yan Rolland 4 Stephane Guillot 5 M. Fanning 6 Jerôme Bascou 1 D. Gapais 3 Arnaud Pecher 5
1 LMV - Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans
2 EarthByte Group, School of Geosciences
3 GR - Géosciences Rennes
4 GEOAZUR 6526 - Géoazur
5 LGCA - Laboratoire de Géodynamique des Chaines Alpines
6 RSES - Research School of Earth Sciences [Canberra]
Abstract : More than 15 years of field and laboratory investigations on samples from Terre Adélie to the western part of George Vth Land (135 to 146°E) during the GEOLETA program allow a reassessment of the Terre Adélie Craton (TAC) geology. The TAC represents the largest exposed fragment of the East Antarctic Shield preserved from both Grenville and Ross tectono-metamorphic events. Therefore it corresponds to a well-preserved continental segment that developed from the Neoarchean to the Paleoproterozoic. Together with the Gawler Craton in South Australia, the TAC is considered as part of the Mawson continent, i.e. a striking piece of the Rodinia Supercontinent. However, this craton represents one of the less studied parts of the East Antarctic Shield. The three maps presented here clearly point out the extent of two distinct domains within the Terre Adélie Craton and suggest that the TAC was built up through a polyphased evolution during the Neoarchean-Siderian (c.a. 2.5Ga) and the Statherian (c.a. 1.7Ga) periods. These data support a complete re-assessment of the TAC geology and represent a valuable base for the understanding of global geodynamics changes during Paleoproterozoic times.
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René-Pierre Ménot, G. Duclaux, J.J. Peucat, Yan Rolland, Stephane Guillot, et al.. Geology of the Terre Adélie Craton (135 – 146° E). 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, 2007, Santa Barbara, United States. pp.1047, ⟨10.3133/of2007-1047.srp048⟩. ⟨insu-00257780⟩

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