Report on the biostratigraphy of the Georgina Basin succession in NDI Carrara 1

Stratigraphic drill hole NDI Carrara 1 was drilled as a collaboration between Geoscience Australia (GA), the Northern Territory Geological Survey (NTGS) and the Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre (MinEx CRC). It reached a total depth of 1751 m in late 2020 and is the first drill hole to intersect the undifferentiated Proterozoic rocks of the Carrara Sub-Basin. It intersected approximately 630 m of Cambrian Georgina Basin sedimentary rocks overlying the ~1100 m of Proterozoic carbonates, black shales and other siliciclastics of the Carrara Sub-Basin succession.

The formational assignments of the Georgina Basin succession are preliminary and were assigned in the field. The units intersected comprise the Border Waterhole Formation (~531m to ~630m), which is overlain by the Currant Bush Limestone (~249m to ~531m), which in turn is overlain by the Camooweal Dolostone (0m to ~249m). Of these, only the lower 80% of the Currant Bush Limestone and the entire Border Waterhole Formation were cored.

This report presents biostratigraphic results from macrofossil examination of NDI Carrara 1 core samples within the Georgina Basin section.

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Date (Publication)
2022-05-02
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2022-05-05T07:39:53
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Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/146532

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Laurie, J.

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The report presents macrofossil analyses to obtain a much more tightly constrained biostratigraphic framework of the Georgina Basin in the drill hole NDI Carrara 1.

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Grosjean, E.

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  • GEOLOGY

  • EARTH SCIENCES

  • Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)

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  • NDI Carrara 1

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  • Georgina Basin

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  • South Nicholson region

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  • Carrara Sub-basin

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  • MinEx Cooperative Research Centre (CRC)

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  • EFTF - Exploring For The Future

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  • South Nicholson National Drilling Initiative

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(c) Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2021

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Download the report (pdf) [5.6 MB]

Download the report (pdf) [5.6 MB]

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2022-05-01T22:42:35
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2022-05-01T22:42:35

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EFTF - Exploring For The Future MinEx Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) NDI Carrara 1 South Nicholson National Drilling Initiative
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EARTH SCIENCES GEOLOGY Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)

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