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RB 56/00062 Melton Pastoral Company bores. Stratigraphic correlation.
Published: 01 Jan 1963 Created: 05 Nov 2024 Revised: 05 Nov 2024
Author: Steel, T.M.

Eight bores drilled in the Eucla Basin for the Melton Pastoral Company have been examined. The most easterly bore, number 34, intersected the most complete marine sequence encountered in the area, passing through Miocene (Nullarbor Limestone) and...

Eight bores drilled in the Eucla Basin for the Melton Pastoral Company have been examined. The most easterly bore, number 34, intersected the most complete marine sequence encountered in the area, passing through Miocene (Nullarbor Limestone) and Eocene (Wilson Bluff Limestone) before bottoming in black shales of Cretaceous age. These marine beds progressively wedge out toward the northwest, and in bores 45 and 46, no marine sections were encountered, recent sands apparently resting directly on non marine sediments which may be of Mesozoic age.

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Record No rb5600062
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Hydrogeological Publication
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Sponsor
Tenement
Tenement Holder
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Geological Province
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    Stratigraphy
    Commodity
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      Notes: 6201604
Geographic Locality: Eucla;Melton;Western Australia
Doc No: RB 56/00062
      Notes: 6201604
Geographic Locality: Eucla;Melton;Western Australia
Doc No: RB 56/00062
      Language English
      Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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      License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
      Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb5600062
      Citation Steel, T.M. 1963. RB 56/00062 Melton Pastoral Company bores. Stratigraphic correlation. Departmental Publication - Hydrogeological Publication. Government of South Australia.
      https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb5600062

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