Investigation of source-to-sink relationships using the detrital record is frequently reliant on zircon and thus biased toward high-temperature magmatic processes. In contrast, rutile, which grows or recrystallizes under lower-temperature conditions, allows reconstruction of the metamorphic history of source terranes. Here, we present the first rutile double-dating analysis, integrating U-Pb geochronology and (U-Th)/He thermochronology on individual grains to refine provenance understanding. Results from heavy mineral−enriched Neogene siliciclastic sediments of the Murray Basin in southeast Australia fingerprint an exotic central Australian source, implying long-distance multicycle sediment dispersal via intermediate sedimentary basins. Source-to-sink relationships support the billion-year influence of radiating pulses of sediment dispersal across the Australian continent from its denuding core.
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January 16, 2025
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Tracking thermal histories through the detrital record using rutile U-Pb-He double-dating
Maximilian Dröllner;
Maximilian Dröllner
1
Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, Curtin Frontier Institute for Geoscience Solutions, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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Martin Danišík;
Martin Danišík
2
Western Australia ThermoChronology Hub (WATCH) Facility, John de Laeter Centre, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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Milo Barham;
Milo Barham
1
Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, Curtin Frontier Institute for Geoscience Solutions, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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Christopher L. Kirkland
Christopher L. Kirkland
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Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, Curtin Frontier Institute for Geoscience Solutions, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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Maximilian Dröllner
1
Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, Curtin Frontier Institute for Geoscience Solutions, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
Martin Danišík
2
Western Australia ThermoChronology Hub (WATCH) Facility, John de Laeter Centre, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
Milo Barham
1
Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, Curtin Frontier Institute for Geoscience Solutions, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
Christopher L. Kirkland
1
Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, Curtin Frontier Institute for Geoscience Solutions, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Received:
11 Sep 2024
Revision Received:
12 Dec 2024
Accepted:
28 Dec 2024
First Online:
16 Jan 2025
Online ISSN: 1943-2682
Print ISSN: 0091-7613
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Geology (2025)
Article history
Received:
11 Sep 2024
Revision Received:
12 Dec 2024
Accepted:
28 Dec 2024
First Online:
16 Jan 2025
Citation
Maximilian Dröllner, Martin Danišík, Milo Barham, Christopher L. Kirkland; Tracking thermal histories through the detrital record using rutile U-Pb-He double-dating. Geology 2025; doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G52753.1
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