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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.

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  1. Payne, J.L. and co-authors (2009). "Evolution of the Mawson Continent". Precambrian Research. 320. The Geological Society of London: 403–423. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2018.11.013. S2CID 135336811.
  2. Wingate & Evans (2003). Paleomagnetic constraints on the Proterozoic tectonic evolution of Australia. The Geological Society of London. p. 82. ISBN 9781862391253.


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