2013
DOI: 10.12789/geocanj.2013.40.019
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The End-Cryogenian Glaciation of South Australia

Abstract: The Elatina Fm. records the younger Cryogenian ice age in the Adelaide Rift Complex (ARC) of South Australia, which has long-held the position as the type region for this low-latitude glaciation. Building upon a legacy of work, we document the pre- and syn-glacial sedimentary rocks to characterize the dynamics of the glaciation across the ARC. The Elatina Fm. records an array of well-preserved glacial facies at many different water depths across the basin, including ice contact tillites, fluvioglacial sandston… Show more

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“…Though stratigraphic relationships place the fluvial activity within the Whyalla Sandstone, this activity could have occurred before or after peak glaciation as reported elsewhere for fluvial and deltaic deposits in the Elatina Formation (Le Heron et al, 2011;Rose et al, 2013;Williams et al, 2008). If the deposits are generated by climatically-driven warming and occur pre-or post-glacial, then the punctuated periglacial and fluvial activity records temperature oscillations, rather than continuous rapid glacial onset or deglaciation.…”
Section: Fluvial Activity During the Marinoan Glaciationmentioning
confidence: 83%
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“…Though stratigraphic relationships place the fluvial activity within the Whyalla Sandstone, this activity could have occurred before or after peak glaciation as reported elsewhere for fluvial and deltaic deposits in the Elatina Formation (Le Heron et al, 2011;Rose et al, 2013;Williams et al, 2008). If the deposits are generated by climatically-driven warming and occur pre-or post-glacial, then the punctuated periglacial and fluvial activity records temperature oscillations, rather than continuous rapid glacial onset or deglaciation.…”
Section: Fluvial Activity During the Marinoan Glaciationmentioning
confidence: 83%
“…The Whyalla Sandstone is thought to have been deposited during the Marinoan glaciation prior to 635 Ma; this date is constrained by radiometric ages associated with cap carbonates in Namibia and China (Bowring et al, 2007;Condon et al, 2005;Hoffmann et al, 2004). Recent detrital zircon (DZ) analysis by Rose et al (2013) demonstrates that the youngest DZ ages within the Elatina Formation approach 635 Ma, consistent with the Elatina Formation being a syn-Marinoan glacial deposit, whereas the youngest DZ ages from the Whyalla Sandstone cluster near 680 Ma. In addition to the difference in the youngest ages, the DZ age spectra between the Elatina Formation and the Whyalla Sandstone are different.…”
Section: Age and Paleogeographymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The process of injection of the ice wedge casts implies a mean temperature of ca 0°C (Ewing et al ., ). This cold desert plain passes laterally into braided river successions in the Flinders Ranges (Rose et al ., ) and low‐energy tidalite deposits more distally (Fig. F).…”
Section: Glaciation and Its Aftermathmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Both early and late Cryogenian glaciations, referred to as the Sturtian and Marinoan (based on locations in South Australia), respectively, appear to be globally distributed (Li et al, 2013). In some regions, the history of one or both glaciations is locally or regionally complex, with distinct glacial retreat intervals recognized in South Australia (Williams et al, 2008, Le Heron et al, 2011Rose et al, 2013), Namibia (Hoffman, 2011;Le Heron et al, 2013), Scotland (Spencer, 1971;Arnaud and Fairchild, 2011) and Oman (Leather et al, 2002;Rieu et al, 2007a). However, semi-continuous Cryogenian successions display a clear stratigraphic motif in which two glacial units bound an unambiguously non-glacial interval, representing a mid-Cryogenian interlude of unknown duration (~5-27 My; Rooney et al, 2014).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%