Late Palaeozoic Glaciomarine Sediments Beneath the Murray Basin, Australia

Sediments of the Late Palaeozoic Urana Formation include glaciomarine diamictite, fine-grained sediment, sandstone, and conglomerate facies. The facies assemblage is dominated by paratillites formed by ice-rafting and fine-grained sediments. Palaeontological and sedimentological evidence suggests these rocks were deposited towards the end of the major Late Palaeozoic glaciation of southeastern Australia.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing paleogeographic ice limits based on the described facies assemblage.
• Analyzing sediment gravity-flow and traction-current deposits for paleoenvironmental modeling.
• Studying the transition from glacial to post-glacial conditions using the described fine-grained rhythmites.

Strengths

• Description details specific sediment facies including diamictite, sandstone, and conglomerate.
• Provides interpretation on the limits of grounded ice based on the facies analysis.

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 as PDF/HTML documents, which may require extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Geological study and analysis of sediment cores and outcrops.

Time Range

Late Palaeozoic

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 06:40:45.033773; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Beneath the Cainozoic Murray Basin, southeastern Australia