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RB 80/00135 Aquarium rock - Island Lagoon, MC 1254.
Published: 01 Dec 1980 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024
Author: Robertson, R.S.

MC1254, the northern shore of Island Lagoon, contains weathered Corraberra Sandstone Member of the Tent Hill Formation (Adelaidean). Ferruginuous case hardening along polygonal joint sets results in unusual shaped rock fragments. Cavernous...

MC1254, the northern shore of Island Lagoon, contains weathered Corraberra Sandstone Member of the Tent Hill Formation (Adelaidean). Ferruginuous case hardening along polygonal joint sets results in unusual shaped rock fragments. Cavernous honeycombed weathered rock was also observed. Both types of rock fragments are sold in aquarium supply shops.

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Record No rb8000135
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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Tenement MC 1254
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Geological Province Stuart Shelf
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    Geographic Locality: Island Lagoon
Doc No: RB 80/00135
    Geographic Locality: Island Lagoon
Doc No: RB 80/00135
    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/rb8000135
    Citation Robertson, R.S. 1980. RB 80/00135 Aquarium rock - Island Lagoon, MC 1254. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8000135

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    Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
    Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[136.5,-31],[137,-31],[137,-30.5],[136.5,-30.5],[136.5,-31]]]}
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