Figure 1. Regional map of southeastern Australia, showing geological boundaries. Credit: Bello et al., 2021
Building Australia, breaking Tasmania
By Alka Tripathy-Lang and Wendy Bohon
July 27, 2021
Australia has been part of all major supercontinents and contains almost all known rock types from each period of Earth’s history. Because of Australia’s many past jousts with other tectonic plates, disentangling the details of this tapestry of terranes can be a rather stubborn task.
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