Terrane amalgamation in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton: Evidence from tectonostratigraphic studies of the Laverton Greenstone Belt

The tectonic process responsible for such a rapid uplift and deposition of thick synorogenic sediments lateral to the deformation front and penecontemporaneous with collisional orogeny, invites comparisons with modern arc-related settings. The present suture zone between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Pacific Plate in New Guinea records active deposition of fluvial sediments laterally along the accretion zone and in thick deep-water fans onto the Bismarck Sea floor.