Adelaide Rift Complex

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geologic province rift complex sedimentary basin

The Adelaide Rift Complex is a major Neoproterozoic sedimentary basin in South Australia whose rock record preserves key evidence for ancient global-scale glaciations and early Earth tectonic evolution.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Adelaide Geosyncline region 1
Adelaide Rift Complex canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic province ⓘ
rift complex ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ
associatedWith Snowball Earth glaciations NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Adelaide Superbasin sedimentary sequences ⓘ
Cryogenian strata ⓘ
Ediacaran strata ⓘ
Marinoan glacial deposits ⓘ
Sturtian glacial deposits ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
developedDuring breakup of Rodinia ⓘ
geologicAge Neoproterozoic ⓘ
hasEvidenceFor changes in ocean chemistry during Neoproterozoic ⓘ
early Ediacaran environments ⓘ
global glaciation events ⓘ
rifting and passive margin development ⓘ
hasStratigraphicUnit Adelaide Superbasin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ediacaran successions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marinoan glacial formations ⓘ
Sturtian glacial formations ⓘ
importantFor Neoproterozoic stratigraphy ⓘ
paleoclimate reconstruction ⓘ
tectonic evolution of central Australia ⓘ
knownFor evidence for global-scale Neoproterozoic glaciations ⓘ
preservation of Neoproterozoic glacial deposits ⓘ
record of early Earth tectonic evolution ⓘ
lithology carbonates ⓘ
glacial diamictite ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
locatedIn South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlies Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic basement rocks ⓘ
partOf Australian continent NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Flinders Ranges NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Lofty Ranges NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchField Neoproterozoic Earth history ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ
sedimentary geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
stratigraphicSignificance type area for several Neoproterozoic glacial units in Australia ⓘ
tectonicPhase initial rifting ⓘ
inversion and mild deformation ⓘ
thermal subsidence ⓘ
tectonicSetting passive margin succession ⓘ
rift basin ⓘ
timeSpan Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic sedimentation ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sturtian glaciation → evidenceFoundIn → Adelaide Rift Complex ⓘ
Emu Bay Shale → isPartOf → Adelaide Rift Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adelaide Geosyncline region