RB 87/00080 Age and correlation of a Longfordian stage (Early Miocene) marine unit, eastern Eucla Basin margin.
Published: 01 Jun 1987 Created: 07 Nov 2024 Revised: 07 Nov 2024

Fossiliferous gravelly quartzose sand and calcarenite a few metres thick, penetrated by Australian Mining Corporation drilling 6 km west of Seven Mile Swamps, has a foraminiferal age of middle to late Longfordian. The frequent Sherbornina...

Fossiliferous gravelly quartzose sand and calcarenite a few metres thick, penetrated by Australian Mining Corporation drilling 6 km west of Seven Mile Swamps, has a foraminiferal age of middle to late Longfordian. The frequent Sherbornina cuneimarginata Wade (range top is top Longfordian), has not been recorded previously from the Eucla Basin. The unit may correlate as an early phase of Nullarbor Limestone (or Colville Sandstone), as a late phase of Abrakurrie Limestone or equivalent, or as a new intermediate unit between these. There is a need for more accurate resolution of ages and spatial relationships of these formations by further regional mapping, sampling, and foraminiferal analysis.

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Record No rb8700080
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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Geological Province Eucla Basin
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    Geographic Locality: Seven Mile Swamps
    Doc No: RB 87/00080
    Drillhole: AMC 316-5

    Geographic Locality: Seven Mile Swamps Doc No: RB 87/00080 Drillhole: AMC 316-5

    Language English
    Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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    Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8700080
    Citation Lindsay, J.M. 1987. RB 87/00080 Age and correlation of a Longfordian stage (Early Miocene) marine unit, eastern Eucla Basin margin. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8700080

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    Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
    Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[132.5,-32],[133,-32],[133,-31.5],[132.5,-31.5],[132.5,-32]]]}
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