Origins of Australia: 1

Map by AUCWA - March 1999
Source: 'Tectonic evolution of Proterozoic Australia' by John S Myers, Russell D Shaw and Ian M Tyler from 'Tectonics', Volume 15 No 6 Pages 1431-1446 December 1996.

 

More than a billion years ago, the Australian continent is welded together from three land masses, or cratons. The dark areas on the map represent orogens, mountainous areas formed as a result of these epic collisions. These complex, ancient fault zones still underlie the Australian continent.

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