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KingsFSP2
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Description:
panorama view looking south across Kings Canyon, showing contact between Mereenie Sandstone and the Carmichael Sandstone. Kings Canyon, Watarrka National Park, N.T.
| Capture Date: | July 31, 2016, 11:04 a.m. |
| Latitude: | -24.24864000000 degrees |
| Longitude: | 131.57758600000 degrees |
| Elevation: | 738.694 metres |
| Visualisation Type: | FSP |
| Location Accuracy: | 5 metres |
Keywords:
- Kings Canyon
- Carmichael Sandstone
- Mereenie Sandstone
- sedimentology
- geological contact
| sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Form Type: | bedded |
| Description: | Interbedded pale brown to red-brown sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. |
| Min Geological Age: | Late Ordovician |
| Max Geological Age: | Late Ordovician |
| Min Numerical Age: | 443.800 |
| Max Numerical Age: | 450.000 |
| Strat No: | 3635 |
| Supergroup: | |
| Group: | Larapinta Group |
| Subgroup: | |
| Formation: | Carmichael Sandstone |
| Member: | |
| Province: | Amadeus Basin |
| sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Form Type: | bedded |
| Description: | Porous, white to pale-brown, fine grained, well sorted quartz sandstone, minor conglomerate. |
| Min Geological Age: | Middle Devonian |
| Max Geological Age: | Late Ordovician |
| Min Numerical Age: | 398.000 |
| Max Numerical Age: | 461.000 |
| Strat No: | 11667 |
| Supergroup: | |
| Group: | |
| Subgroup: | |
| Formation: | Mereenie Sandstone |
| Member: | |
| Province: | Amadeus Basin |