Australian Tertiary Foraminifera Distribution from Marine Rock Samples

The distribution of marine Tertiary rocks in Australia is restricted to the western and southern coastal areas of the continent. The rocks represented are of Paleocene, Eocene, Miocene and Pliocene ages. Considerable material has been collected in stratigraphic sequence from many Tertiary localities in recent years and the detailed examination of the foraminiferal content of the rocks has yielded many startling discoveries.

Use Cases

• Analyzing foraminifera species distribution based on marine rock samples from Australia.
• Studying paleoenvironmental changes during the Tertiary period based on fossil assemblages.
• Correlating stratigraphic sequences across different Australian coastal localities based on foraminiferal content.

Strengths

• Material collected from many Tertiary localities in recent years.
• Rocks are from Paleocene, Eocene, Miocene and Pliocene ages, covering a significant geological time span.
• Data is associated with the Australian Ocean Data Network, suggesting institutional backing.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provided in PDF and HTML formats, which are not machine-readable without significant preprocessing.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Material collected from stratigraphic sequences at many Tertiary localities.

Time Range

Tertiary Period (Paleocene, Eocene, Miocene, Pliocene)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 07:03:28.906412; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Western and southern coastal areas of Australia