FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Petrochronology of the Terre Adélie Craton (East Antarctica) evidences a long-lasting Proterozoic (1.7–1.5 Ga) tectono-metamorphic evolution — Insights for the connections with the Gawler Craton and Laurentia BT AF Naumenko-Dèzes, M.O. Rolland, Y. Lamarque, Gaelle Duclaux, G. Gallet, S. Bascou, J. Ménot, R.P. AS 1:1;2:1,2,3;3:4;4:1;5:1;6:5;7:5; FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-REM-GM-LGS;4:;5:;6:;7:; C1 Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, OCA, IRD, Géoazur, 250 rue Albert Einstein, Sophia Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France EDYTEM, Université de Savoie Mont Blanc– CNRS, UMR, 5204 Le Bourget du Lac, France ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, Grenoble, France Ifremer, Geosciences Marines, Centre de Brest, 29280 Plouzané, France Université de Lyon, Université Jean Monnet and UMR-CNRS 6524, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, 42023 Saint-Etienne, France C2 UNIV NICE, FRANCE UNIV SAVOIE MONT BLANC, FRANCE UNIV SAVOIE MONT BLANC, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV LYON, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-REM-GM-LGS IN WOS Ifremer UPR copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 0.452 TC 5 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00599/71145/69465.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;East Antarctica;Ar-40/Ar-39 dating;Shear zones;HT metamorphism;P-T modelling;Mafic magmatism AB The Terre Adélie Craton displays superimposed strain fields related to the Neoarchean (2.6–2.4 Ga, M1) and Paleo-Mesoproterozoic (1.7–1.5 Ga, M2) metamorphic events. M1 is a regional granulite facies event, constrained by P-T modelling at ~0.8–1.0 GPa – 800–850 °C, followed by a decompressional retrogression in the upper amphibolite facies at ~0.6 GPa – 750 °C. M2 Stage 1 P-T peak is constrained at 0.6–0.7 GPa – 670–700 °C, followed by a steep P-T path down to 0.3 GPa – 550 °C. Retrogression after M2 PT peak occurred in a context of dextral shearing along the Mertz Shear Zone along with thrust motions within the eastern Terre Adélie Craton. In this paper, we present a series of 63 new 40Ar/39Ar ages of biotite and amphibole pairs in mafic rocks from a complete traverse of the Terre Adélie Craton. 40Ar/39Ar dating constrains M2 amphibolite facies metamorphism at a regional scale between 1700 and 1650 Ma, during stage 1 peak metamorphism. During retrogression, lower amphibolite facies recrystallization mainly occurred along vertical shear zones and mafic dykes between 1650 and 1600 Ma (Stage 2), followed by amphibolite to greenschist facies metamorphism until after 1500 Ma (Stage 3). At the scale of the Mawson continent, this event is related to the growth of an active margin above an oblique subduction zone. The supra-subduction model best explains opening of Dumont D'Urville and Hunter basins at 1.71 Ga followed by their rapid closure and metamorphism at 1.70 Ga. In this context, episodic shear zone reactivation and magmatic dyke emplacement led to a partial reequilibration of the 40Ar/39Ar system until <1500 Ma. This latter phase of mafic magmatism largely coincides with a hot spot event at the scale of the Gawler Craton and western Laurentia paleocontinent. PY 2020 PD MAY SO Gondwana Research SN 1342-937X PU Elsevier BV VL 81 UT 000523559700002 BP 21 EP 57 DI 10.1016/j.gr.2019.11.010 ID 71145 ER EF