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RB 87/00085 Simpson Desert sand colour-note.
Published: 01 Jul 1987 Created: 07 Nov 2024 Revised: 07 Nov 2024
Author: Callen, R.A.;Farrand, M.G.

Colour of mobile Simpson Desert dune sands varies from light brown in the playa region north of the Kallakoopah, to dark red brown and red to the northwest and west, confirming previous less detailed observations. A source in younger (largely...

Colour of mobile Simpson Desert dune sands varies from light brown in the playa region north of the Kallakoopah, to dark red brown and red to the northwest and west, confirming previous less detailed observations. A source in younger (largely Holocene) material from the Kallakoopah - Warburton River system is suggested for the younger dunes, and older reddened sediments for the darker dunes.

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Record No rb8700085
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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Geological Province Lake Eyre Basin
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Stratigraphy
Commodity industrial material
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Notes: Published in Quarterly Geological Notes, 104, 1987.
Geographic Locality: Simpson Desert
Doc No: RB 87/00085
Notes: Published in Quarterly Geological Notes, 104, 1987.
Geographic Locality: Simpson Desert
Doc No: RB 87/00085
Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8700085
Citation Callen, R.A.;Farrand, M.G. 1987. RB 87/00085 Simpson Desert sand colour-note. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8700085

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