An apatite U–Pb thermal history map for the northern Gawler Craton, South Australia

Apatite U–Pb thermochronology was applied to granitoid basement samples across the northern Gawler Craton to unravel the Proterozoic, post-orogenic, cooling history and to examine the role of major fault zones during cooling. Our observations indicate that cooling following the ∼2500 Ma Sleaford Orogeny and ∼1700 Ma Kimban Orogeny is restricted to the Christie and Wilgena Domains of the central northern Gawler Craton. The northern Gawler Craton...