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RB 82/00078 Pleistocene to Holocene volcanic activity in South Australia. A review.
Published: 01 Oct 1982 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024
Author: Sheard, M.J.

2 distinct groups of basaltic volcanoes constitute a western extension to the Newer Volcanics of western Victoria. The older Mount Burr Range group include 14 fissure controlled centres with lava flows, composite domes and cones and tuff rings or...

2 distinct groups of basaltic volcanoes constitute a western extension to the Newer Volcanics of western Victoria. The older Mount Burr Range group include 14 fissure controlled centres with lava flows, composite domes and cones and tuff rings or maars. Their ejecta lie between Pliocene erosional surface on Gambier Limestone, and the Pleistocene Bridgewater Formation. Mounts Gambier and Schank form a younger group. Both are maar cone complexes and rest on top of Pleistocene aeolianites. Thermoluminescence and carbon-14 dating, recent seismicity, and possible offshore submarine lava flow may indicate that the province is still active.

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      Notes: French abstract included. For publication by the Committee for the "Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earths Interior Symposium", 18th General Assembly of the International Union of Geology and Geophysics, Hamburg, Fed. Rep. Germany, August...
      Notes: French abstract included. For publication by the Committee for the "Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earths Interior Symposium", 18th General Assembly of the International Union of Geology and Geophysics, Hamburg, Fed. Rep. Germany, August 1983, under the title "Revue de l'activite volcanique en Australie meridionale du Pleistocene a l'Holocene."
Geographic Locality: Mount Gambier;Millicent;Mount Muirhead
Doc No: RB 82/00078

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      Citation Sheard, M.J. 1982. RB 82/00078 Pleistocene to Holocene volcanic activity in South Australia. A review. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
      https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8200078

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