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THE Lower Proterozoic craton of central Australia is bounded to the south and south-east by shallow geosynclinal sediments of late Proterozoic to early Palaeozoic age. During the Palaeozoic these rocks were deformed into a series of upright folds, the trend of which follows the edge of the craton except in the area north and east of Adelaide where it swings to north-north-west–south-south-east, normal to the edge of the craton (Fig. 1). An analysis of this major structure gives an indication of a component of plate movement during the Palaeozoic.
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COWARD, M. Large scale Palaeozoic shear zone in Australia and present extension to the Antarctic Ridge. Nature 259, 648–649 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259648a0
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