NASA NTRS · 19890012861
Tectonic evolution of the Western Australian Shield
Abstract
Geological and geochronological studies in the Western Australian Shield were updated. This terrane bears many similarities to the Indian Shield since they were neighboring parts of Gondwanaland. Western Australia consists of two cratons (Pilbara and Yilgarn) and four orogenic belts (Capricorn, Pingarra, Albany-Fraser, and Patterson), as well as some relatively young (1.6 to 0.75 Ga) sedimentary rocks. The two cratonic blocks are both older than about 2.5 Ga, and the orogenic belts range in age from 2.0 to 0.65 Ga.
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Myers, John S.. 1988-01-01. Tectonic evolution of the Western Australian Shield. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19890012861
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