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Our ability to understand the geological evolution of Archean cratons is fundamentally dependent on stratigraphic reconstructions across greenstone belts. Here, we integrate published stratigraphic, geochemical and geochronological data to produce a revised stratigraphic model for the Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt of the Yilgarn Craton. The Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt records  ca  130 m.y. of magmatism that occurred between  ca  2820 and 2690 Ma and can be divided into three cycles. Cycle 1 is marked by  ca  2820–2740 Ma mafic–ultramafic volcanic rock successions. Cycle 2 is associated with  ca  2740–2720 Ma felsic volcanic rocks, associated fragmental deposits and contemporaneous mafic–ultramafic intrusions. Cycle 3 consists of  ca  2720–2690 Ma mafic–ultramafic volcanic rock successions and co-magmatic intrusions. Exhumation and reworking of these continental rift basin successions after  ca  2690 Ma resulted in two younger, additional, depositional cycles in the Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt. Cycle 4 is associated with intermediate to felsic volcanoclastic rocks and epiclastic rocks erupted/deposited between  ca  2690 and 2665 Ma. Cycle 5 is associated with the deposition of polymict conglomerates and sandstones in localised depocentres between  ca  2665 and 2655 Ma. The stratigraphic scheme identified at the scale of the Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt is the local expression of craton-wide tectono-thermal events. Our revised stratigraphic model for the Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt and proposed correlations at the craton scale support a para-autochthonous model whereby crust from a proto-Yilgarn continental mass was extended/thinned, favouring the activation of translithospheric pathways associated with the  ca  2720–2690 Ma Kalgoorlie Large Igneous Province. Inversion of this intra-cratonic rift basin after  ca  2680 Ma led to the protracted activation of shear zones and multiple shifts in sedimentary depocentres. The widespread occurrence of previously unidentified fragments of  ca  2820–2720 Ma substrate within the Kalgoorlie-Kurnalpi Rift has significant implications for craton-scale stratigraphic reconstructions and challenges existing terrane and domain boundaries.KEY POINTSWe propose a revised, coherent and testable stratigraphic model for the Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt of the Kalgoorlie Terrane.We compare our revised stratigraphic model for the Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt with that of the Murchison and Southern Cross domains of the Youanmi Terrane in order to build a new space–time–integrated stratigraphic cross-section across the western half of the Yilgarn Craton.We demonstrate for the first time the existence of a magmatic continuum ( i.e.  no significant magmatic hiatus) between  ca  2820 and 2690 Ma, providing the missing link between the geological record of the Youanmi Terrane and that of the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane. We propose a revised, coherent and testable stratigraphic model for the Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt of the Kalgoorlie Terrane. We compare our revised stratigraphic model for the Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt with that of the Murchison and Southern Cross domains of the Youanmi Terrane in order to build a new space–time–integrated stratigraphic cross-section across the western half of the Yilgarn Craton. We demonstrate for the first time the existence of a magmatic continuum ( i.e.  no significant magmatic hiatus) between  ca  2820 and 2690 Ma, providing the missing link between the geological record of the Youanmi Terrane and that of the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane.

australian journal of earth sciences

Stratigraphy of the Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt: review, synopsis and implications for the late Mesoarchean to Neoarchean geological evolution of the Yilgarn Craton