Earth:Garie Formation
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Bilgola, Australia
The Garie Formation is a narrow band of sedimentary rocks occurring in the Sydney Basin in eastern Australia . This stratum is up to 8 metres thick, situated below the sandstones of the Newport Formation. Formed in the mid-Triassic, it is part of the Narrabeen Group of sedimentary rocks. Garie formation consists of layers of clay pellet sandstone, dark lithic particles, spotted volcanic deposits and chocolate coloured claystone bands.[1][2][3]
See also
- Sydney Basin
- Bald Hill Claystone
- Bulgo Sandstone
- Narrabeen group
References
- ↑ "Garie Formation". Geo Science Australia. Australian Government. http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/pls/www/geodx.strat_units.sch_full?wher=stratno=7014.
- ↑ Gregory Retallack. "Triassic Paleosols in the Upper Narrabeen Group of New South Wales. Part II: Classification and Reconstruction". http://blogs.uoregon.edu/gregr/files/2013/07/narrabeen_group_part2-1jbsbu1.pdf.
- ↑ John Martyn. "Towards a Richer Understanding of Local Geology, STEP INC, Retrieved February 22nd, 2018". http://www.step.org.au/index.php/item/176-towards-a-richer-understanding-of-local-geology.
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