Talk:Kenorland
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[edit] Australia Craton
There is no such thing as the "Australia Craton" as stated in the introduction to this article. The Yilgarn Craton was an essential part of Kennorland, dating back to 4.4 Ga, but it is only one of numerous cratons in Australia. Both the Yilgarn Craton and Pilbara Cratons make up Western Australia: Altjawarra Craton in Central Australia, Curnamona Craton in South Australia and Gawler Craton in Central South Australia.
There is ongoing paleogeomagnetic research involved in identifying and analyzing the continental crust and makeup of Kenorland. We still do not know with 100% certainty whether or not Kenorland was a single global supercontinent or if other large landmasses existed alongside it. There is a subjective bias towards favoring the theory that Kenorland was a defacto supercontinent and no other landmasses existed at this time. I think a note should be added to the article that informs the reader of the alternative hypotheses.Valich 16:32, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
- I tend to agree; there is also a lot of crap in here besides. For instance "sanukitoid" is used liberally to describe the supercontinents, but in reality it is a volcanic rock, such as a latite or alkalic boninite (in the strict sense of the sloppy definition given, which is not an IUGS term anyway) not a plutonic rock. There is also a lot of similarities between sanukite and diorite, let alone igneous protolith gneiss. Which is like saying "cratons are made of cratonic material" except couching it behind wobbly and technical terms.
- Secondly, I also agree with the problem of correlating the cratons around simplistic dates like 3.3Ga. The best preserved material of 3+ Ga is in the Dharwar Craton, the Pilbara and smashed up around the margins of the Yilgarn. The correlation, for instance, is hung off the famus Jack Hills date; its scientific chaff thrown out the bullshit and confuse the issue.
- Palaeomagnetic data from cratons is virtually worthless, in my opinio, not being an expert. These rocks have been up and down the see saw and metamorphosed and shunted around innumerable times; eight deformations recognised since 2000Ma in the north Yilgarn alone. Correlating and comparing like goes on here...dangerous. Rolinator 12:07, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
- "Core formation occurred within 100Ma of earth fomation"? I really do wish you could find the article on this. As far as I know - which isn't too far I admit - we have no indication of continental crust even forming this early. Do you have any sources? Valich 03:29, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
The introduction here was translated from the German Wikipedia article.172.192.42.246 03:44, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
