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<meta content="Tasmania forms an enigmatic province within the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian history of Australia. It lies at the
boundary between Australia and North America in most Rodinia reconstructions but no reliable lithostratigraphic
correlations have been reported with either mainland Australia or North America. We used detrital zircon age spectra,
measured by LAM-ICP-MS, of Neoproterozoic and Cambrian sandstones in Tasmania to search for evidence of
correlations with these two continental blocks during the time slice critical to Rodinia breakup. The Tasmanian
sandstones are dominated by 1600-1900 Ma and 1200-1500 Ma age zircons. There is little evidence for Grenville
(~1100 Ma) and Ross (~550 Ma) Orogen sources in these sandstones, in contrast to detrital zircon age spectra of
similar age rocks in South Australia. The detrital zircon age spectra of Tasmanian sandstones are different from age
spectra reported from British Columbia. They are very similar to age spectra reported from Cambrian sandstones of
Nevada, supporting Rodinia reconstructions that place southwestern USA near to Tasmania in the
Neoproterozoic." name="eprints.abstract" />
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measured by LAM-ICP-MS, of Neoproterozoic and Cambrian sandstones in Tasmania to search for evidence of
correlations with these two continental blocks during the time slice critical to Rodinia breakup. The Tasmanian
sandstones are dominated by 1600-1900 Ma and 1200-1500 Ma age zircons. There is little evidence for Grenville
(~1100 Ma) and Ross (~550 Ma) Orogen sources in these sandstones, in contrast to detrital zircon age spectra of
similar age rocks in South Australia. The detrital zircon age spectra of Tasmanian sandstones are different from age
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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">A North American provenance for Neoproterozoic to Cambrian sandstones in Tasmania?</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Berry, R.F.</span> and <span class="person_name">Jenner, G.A.</span> and <span class="person_name">Meffre, S.</span> and <span class="person_name">Tubrett, M.N.</span> (2001) <xhtml:em>A North American provenance for Neoproterozoic to Cambrian sandstones in Tasmania?</xhtml:em> Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 192 (2). pp. 207-222. ISSN 0012-821X</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/670/1/Berry_2001%2C_Tas_sandstone.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" border="0" class="ep_doc_icon" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/670/1/Berry_2001%2C_Tas_sandstone.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />1138Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input value="682" name="docid" accept-charset="utf-8" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00436-8">http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00436-8</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Tasmania forms an enigmatic province within the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian history of Australia. It lies at the
boundary between Australia and North America in most Rodinia reconstructions but no reliable lithostratigraphic
correlations have been reported with either mainland Australia or North America. We used detrital zircon age spectra,
measured by LAM-ICP-MS, of Neoproterozoic and Cambrian sandstones in Tasmania to search for evidence of
correlations with these two continental blocks during the time slice critical to Rodinia breakup. The Tasmanian
sandstones are dominated by 1600-1900 Ma and 1200-1500 Ma age zircons. There is little evidence for Grenville
(~1100 Ma) and Ross (~550 Ma) Orogen sources in these sandstones, in contrast to detrital zircon age spectra of
similar age rocks in South Australia. The detrital zircon age spectra of Tasmanian sandstones are different from age
spectra reported from British Columbia. They are very similar to age spectra reported from Cambrian sandstones of
Nevada, supporting Rodinia reconstructions that place southwestern USA near to Tasmania in the
Neoproterozoic.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" border="0" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">zircon; age; Rodinia; tectonics; Tasmania Australia</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/260100.html">260000 Earth Sciences > 260100 Geology</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Collections:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">UNSPECIFIED</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">670</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Mr Ruben Chan</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">01 Feb 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">23 Jan 2008 14:26</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=670;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=670">item control page</a></p>
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