geology of australia and new zealand, hws/uc 2007 7. terranes and sedimentary basins of australia
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Geology of Australia and New Zealand, HWS/UC
2007
7. Terranes and Sedimentary
Basins of Australia
Australian Volcanic Arcs
• Stavely, 550-520 ma• Molong, 460 ma• Calliope, 415-483 ma• Connors (S)/Baldwin (N), 390 ma• Eungella, 300 ma• East Australian, 120-105 ma
Now for something different…..
Rifting of eastern Australia starts, 85 ma
Rifting of eastern Australia ends, 50 ma
after Johnson, 2004
Rifting of Eastern Australia
By 48 Ma spreading of Tasman Sea stopped…
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