Late Palaeozoic Glaciomarine Sediments Beneath the Murray Basin

Geoscience Australia Data provides a dataset on the stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Late Palaeozoic Urana Formation. The data includes descriptions of glaciomarine diamictite, fine-grained sediment, sandstone, and conglomerate facies, with interpretations regarding ice limits. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Classifying glaciomarine sedimentary facies based on described diamictite, sandstone, and conglomerate types.
• Modeling paleogeographic ice limits based on the interpreted absence of grounded-ice deposits over large areas.
• Analyzing paleoclimatic trends towards the end of a major glaciation using the described palaeontological and sedimentological evidence.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific geological formation (Urana Formation) and time period (Late Palaeozoic).
• Description details multiple sediment facies including paratillites, rhythmically bedded siltstone, and sediment gravity-flow diamictites.
• Provides paleogeographic interpretation regarding the limits of grounded ice.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided as PDF and HTML documents, which may require extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Geological survey and analysis.

Time Range

Late Palaeozoic

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 09:30:32.064343; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Beneath the Cainozoic Murray Basin, southeastern Australia.