Blocks
The main continental blocks of the Australian continent are;
- The Yilgarn Craton, of Archaean age
- The Pilbara Craton of Archaean to Proterozoic age
- The Gawler Craton and Willyama Block, of Archaean to Proterozoic age.
These are in turn flanked by several Proterozoic orogenic belts and sedimentary basins, notably the
- Musgrave Block of granulite gneiss and igneous rocks
- The Arunta Block of amphibolite grade metamorphic rocks and granites
- The Gascoyne Complex, Glengarry Basin, and Bangemall Basin sandwiched between the Yilgarn and Arunta Blocks
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The time I was dancing he built a museum.
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He constructed an overpass when I left.”
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—Robert Frost (1874–1963)