All samples from P125/1 and P125/6-2 are most likely Oligocene in age. A sample from Binknob 5 is Quaternary or modern.

Sediments analysed from VB06 and VB07 are correlative with an early phase of the Garford Formation, either in the Middle Miocene or the Early Miocene. The environment of deposition appears to have been fairly open marine, or at least an estuarine...

A revised subdivision of the Foraminisporis wonthaggiensis Zone of the Early Cretaceous Group sediments of the Otway Basin is proposed. Six palynozones are identified in the reference palynological biozonation of Katnook 2: FW 1, FW 2, FW 3, FW 4, FW...

A sample examined from the CAR03-1 exploration drillhole is Late Eocene in age and correlative with the marginal marine upper part of the Pidinga Formation.

Plant macrofossils from silicified Cainozoic fluvial sediments on CURDIMURKA occur in 2 discrete suites. One suite has been found only in outcrops of silicified Eyre Formation in the Poole Creek Palaeochannel. This suite and the macroflora of the...

8 drill cuttings samples of cover sediments from the Millers Creek Homestead area were dated palynologically as an aid to regional diamond exploration for buried kimberlite intrusions. Despite poor preservation of most palynomorphs, it was possible to...

2 grab samples of carbonaceous sediments from an outcrop located 6 km south-southwest of Reg Dam were examined to determine whether they belong to the Jurassic Algebuckina Sandstone or the Permian Boorthanna Formation. An Early Permian (Late...

Palynological and dispersed cuticle analysis of drill core and cutting samples from exploration wells at Andrew's Farm housing development, Munno Para, has dated the subsea depth interval 99 - 171 metres as Middle to late Middle Miocene. The top of...

A new subdivision of the Foraminisporis wonthaggiensis Zone (Helby et al., 1987) of the Early Cretaceous Crayfish Group sediments of the Otway Basin is proposed. Seven zones are identified from the palynological data and three from the dispersed...

A data review undertaken by MESA to assess the prospectivity of the northern Flinders Ranges intramontane basins for concealed Triassic coal, highlighted four main areas as having the best potential for a discovery. Of these, the alluvium-covered...

In 1993 an exploration drilling program was undertaken jointly by The Department of Mines and Energy (MESA) and ETSA Corporation (ETSA) over areas considered prospective for coal within the vicinity of the existing infrastructure of the Leigh Creek...

Three shallow fully cored stratigraphic holes were drilled in 1985 by the SADME Regional Geology Branch to gather subsurface information for inclusion on the CURDIMURKA 1:250000 geological map describing stratigraphy on the southern margin of the...

Samples of calcareous concretions, mudstone, siltstone and sandstone were assigned an Aptian age.

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19 samples of exploratory RC aircore drillhole cuttings were examined by a SADME consultant to determine their microfloral assemblages, and to date the host sediments by correlation of diagnostic palynomorphs with published biostratigraphic schemes.

The Munyarai Trough is approximately 100 kilometres wide and 200 kilometres long, and contains Proterozoic to Carboniferous age sediments. A study to determine the extent of the Devonian sedimentary succession was performed, using as a starting point...

The offshore Mesozoic-Tertiary Bight and Duntroon basins formed through rifting and separation of the Australian and Antartic plates. Palynological investigation of samples dredged during BMR Rig Seismic Cruise 66 showed that the bulk of the...

Two samples from Killarney 1 were analysed to determine whether basement (meta-sediments and/or meta-volcanics) are present in the lower part of the well. The samples contain palynofloras correlative with the F. wonthaggiensis Zone (the upper part)....

Eighteen samples were collected from outcrop along the north bank of the Neales River in the Eromanga Basin, as part of the mapping programme for the WARRINA 1:250 000 map sheet. Where palynological dating was possible the sediments were found to...

Palynological examination of eight samples from Bus Swamp 1 Well, Otway Basin, western Victoria, was undertaken. The samples range in age from the upper part of the Cicatricosisporites australiensis Zone of Helby et al. (1987) to the upper part of the...