The pre-orogenic detrital zircon record of the Peri-Gondwanan crust

Stephan, Tobias and Kroner, Uwe and Romer, Rolf L. (2019) The pre-orogenic detrital zircon record of the Peri-Gondwanan crust. Geological Magazine, 156 (2). pp. 281-307. ISSN 14695081

Abstract

We present a statistical approach to data mining and quantitatively evaluating detrital age spectra for sedimentary provenance analyses and palaeogeographic reconstructions. Multidimensional scaling coupled with density-based clustering allows the objective identification of provenance end-member populations and sedimentary mixing processes for a composite crust. We compiled 58 601 detrital zircon U-Pb ages from 770 Precambrian to Lower Palaeozoic shelf sedimentary rocks from 160 publications and applied statistical provenance analysis for the Peri-Gondwanan crust north of Africa and the adjacent areas. We have filtered the dataset to reduce the age spectra to the provenance signal, and compared the signal with age patterns of potential source regions. In terms of provenance, our results reveal three distinct areas, namely the Avalonian, West African and East African-Arabian zircon provinces. Except for the Rheic Ocean separating the Avalonian Zircon Province from Gondwana, the statistical analysis provides no evidence for the existence of additional oceanic lithosphere. This implies a vast and contiguous Peri-Gondwanan shelf south of the Rheic Ocean that is supplied by two contrasting super-fan systems, reflected in the zircon provinces of West Africa and East Africa-Arabia.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1017/S0016756818000031
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Gondwana,U-Pb dating,Variscides,clustering,multidimensional scaling,palaeogeography,zircon provenance
Depositing User:	Unnamed user with username chikyta
Date Deposited:	10 Jun 2024 06:46
Last Modified:	10 Jun 2024 06:46
URI:	http://repository.ub.ac.id/id/eprint/220706

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