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Maria13
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Description:
Unconformity and basal contact showing rip-up clasts of the underlying basement granite incorporated into the overlying tillite. Maria Island, Tas.
| Capture Date: | March 16, 2015, 2:31 p.m. |
| Latitude: | -42.68598066000 degrees |
| Longitude: | 148.08261102000 degrees |
| Elevation: | 1.000 metres |
| Visualisation Type: | 3D |
| Location Accuracy: | 20 metres |
Keywords:
- unconformity
- tillite
- granite
| granite | |
|---|---|
| Form Type: | pluton |
| Description: | Porphyritic, dominantly coarse-grained granite with phenocrysts of quartz and feldspar |
| Min Geological Age: | Late Devonian |
| Max Geological Age: | Middle Devonian |
| Min Numerical Age: | 372.200 |
| Max Numerical Age: | 407.600 |
| Strat No: | 11298 |
| Supergroup: | |
| Group: | Boobyalla Suite |
| Subgroup: | |
| Formation: | Maria Island Granite |
| Member: | |
| Province: | Lachlan Orogen |
| tillite | |
|---|---|
| Form Type: | bedded |
| Description: | matrix supported, polymict basal tillite. Clasts are sub-rounded. Large boulders of underlying base rock included as clasts. |
| Min Geological Age: | Triassic |
| Max Geological Age: | Late Carboniferous |
| Min Numerical Age: | 252.000 |
| Max Numerical Age: | 307.000 |
| Strat No: | 14900 |
| Supergroup: | Parmeener Supergroup |
| Group: | |
| Subgroup: | |
| Formation: | |
| Member: | |
| Province: | Melbourne-Mathinna Zone |