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Kalbarri6
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Description:
detail of transition from tidal to fluvial facies in sandstone beds. Image shows finely laminated (tidal beds) overlain by coarser, quartz rich sandstone with cross bedding. Hawks Head Lookout, Kalbarri National Park. W.A.
| Capture Date: | May 20, 2016, noon |
| Latitude: | -27.79029000000 degrees |
| Longitude: | 114.47001000000 degrees |
| Elevation: | NA |
| Visualisation Type: | 3D |
| Location Accuracy: | 0 metres |
Keywords:
- tidal facies
- facies change
- fluvial facies
- sedimentology
- sandstone
| sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Form Type: | bedded |
| Description: | thinly bedded, fine to medium-grained sandstones with minor silty layers and ripple marks. Also, medium-grained quartz sandstones. |
| Min Geological Age: | Early Silurian |
| Max Geological Age: | Late Cambrian |
| Min Numerical Age: | 443.000 |
| Max Numerical Age: | 495.000 |
| Strat No: | 18674 |
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| Formation: | Tumblagooda Sandstone |
| Member: | |
| Province: | Abrolhos Sub-basin, Gascoyne Sub-basin, Perth Basin, Southern Carnarvon Basin |