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SwanseaFSP8
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Description:
View of tuffaceous rocks of the Permian Boolaroo Formation. The underlying Lower Pilot Seam crops out in the water. In-situ petrified tree stumps up to 0.3m in diameter. Swansea, N.S.W.
| Capture Date: | June 17, 2015, 10:03 a.m. |
| Latitude: | -33.08834000000 degrees |
| Longitude: | 151.66476000000 degrees |
| Elevation: | 0.000 metres |
| Visualisation Type: | FSP |
| Location Accuracy: | 5 metres |
Keywords:
- volcanology
- petrified stump
- palaeontology
| tuff | |
|---|---|
| Form Type: | bedded |
| Description: | bedded sandy tuff with some irregular bedding - some of these units have been interpreted as surge deposits |
| Min Geological Age: | Permian |
| Max Geological Age: | Permian |
| Min Numerical Age: | 252.000 |
| Max Numerical Age: | 259.000 |
| Strat No: | 2217 |
| Supergroup: | Singleton Supergroup |
| Group: | Newcastle Coal Measures |
| Subgroup: | |
| Formation: | Boolaroo Formation |
| Member: | |
| Province: | Sydney Basin |