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Arkaroola50
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Description:
exposure of the Lady Buxton thrust fault in Lady Buxton Creek. Weathered Neoproterozoic Wywyana carbonate units thrust over ferruginous Cenozoic sediments (gravels). The fault displays evidence of neotectonic activity. Near Lady Buxton Mine, Arkaroola. SA
| Capture Date: | Nov. 12, 2015, 10:07 a.m. |
| Latitude: | -30.26333500000 degrees |
| Longitude: | 139.42368200000 degrees |
| Elevation: | NA |
| Visualisation Type: | 3D |
| Location Accuracy: | 5 metres |
Keywords:
- thrust fault
- structure
| marble | |
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| Form Type: | bedded |
| Description: | weathered Dolomitic and actinolitic marbles. |
| Min Geological Age: | Neoproterozoic |
| Max Geological Age: | Cryogenian |
| Min Numerical Age: | 635.000 |
| Max Numerical Age: | 1000.000 |
| Strat No: | 20730 |
| Supergroup: | Warrina Supergroup |
| Group: | Burra Group |
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| Formation: | Wywyana Formation |
| Member: | |
| Province: | Mount Painter Block |
| conglomerate | |
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| Form Type: | |
| Description: | partially consolidated ferruginous lithic gravels and pebbles derived from the rocks of the nearby ranges. The matrix of this sediment includes coarse sand to silt dominated by quartz and maghemite with ferruginous and carbonate cement. |
| Min Geological Age: | Cenozoic |
| Max Geological Age: | Cenozoic |
| Min Numerical Age: | 0.000 |
| Max Numerical Age: | 0.000 |
| Strat No: | 0 |
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