Pressure–temperature–time constraints on gneiss dome formation in an intracontinental orogen

In central Australia, an apparently coeval gneiss dome (Entia Dome) developed adjacent to a thrust belt (Arltunga Nappe Complex) within an intracratonic setting. Here we employ a combination of fieldwork, geochronology, and numerical modeling to investigate the structure and tectonic evolution of these features. We present a structural model linking an extensional domain comprising the Entia Dome, across a transitional zone containing the Bruna décollement zone and the Illogwa shear zone, into a contractional zone comprising thrusts and duplexes of the Arltunga Nappe Complex. Supported by numerical modeling, we propose a tectonic model in which the dome and nappe complex formed synchronously because of the convergent gravitational collapse of the 30−40-km-deep Paleozoic Harts Range rift.

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Pressure–temperature–time constraints on gneiss dome formation in an intracontinental orogen

Abstract: The Entia Gneiss Complex represents the mid-crustal core of the intracontinental Alice Springs Orogen. Located in the Harts Range, central Australia, it is characterized by the development of a domal structure including two sub-domes separated by a steeply dipping median high-strain zone.

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