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Description:
Stacked thrusts in quartzite on SW face of gorge. Faulting has offset quartz veins. Ormiston Gorge, N.T.
| Capture Date: | Aug. 2, 2016, 9:47 a.m. |
| Latitude: | -23.62811000000 degrees |
| Longitude: | 132.72731000000 degrees |
| Elevation: | 651.970 metres |
| Visualisation Type: | FSP |
| Location Accuracy: | 5 metres |
Keywords:
- thrust
- fault
- structure
- quartzite
| quartzite | |
|---|---|
| Form Type: | bedded |
| Description: | Fine-, medium- or coarse-grained, planar and cross-bedded, variably feldspathic quartzose sandstone, pink, grey, pinkish-brown, purple or white weathering, and rare laminated mudstone or conglomerate intervals. |
| Min Geological Age: | Cryogenian |
| Max Geological Age: | Cryogenian |
| Min Numerical Age: | 635.000 |
| Max Numerical Age: | 720.000 |
| Strat No: | 8223 |
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| Group: | |
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| Formation: | Heavitree Formation |
| Member: | |
| Province: | Amadeus Basin |