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Olarian orogeny

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The Olarian orogeny was a metamorphic and orogenic event in the Gawler Craton of Australia in the Proterozoic. A subduction zone off the coast of proto-Australia and the collision of the Warumpi Province led to metamorphism. [1][2]

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References

  1. ^ Payne, J.L. and co-authors (2009). Evolution of the Mawson Continent. The Geological Society of London. p. 344.
  2. ^ Wingate & Evans (2003). Paleomagnetic constraints on the Proterozoic tectonic evolution of Australia. The Geological Society of London. p. 82.