ROCKS OF THE SOUTHERN FLEURIEUFOUNDATION OF OUR LANDSCAPE AND SCENERYPierre Kruse South Australian Museum April 2014

The Big Picture: timestratigraphy.org

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Stop 3: Barossa ComplexPreiss 1993Gneiss; some schist, amphibolite, pegmatite

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The Neoproterozoic world

Adelaide Rift: a long history of deposition from Cryogenian to Cambrian (840-500 Ma)Preiss & others 1993Aldgate Sandstone

Adelaide Rift:a long history of depositionfrom Cryogenian to Cambrian(840-500 Ma)635750MaPreiss & others 1993Wirrina: AldgateSandstoneStop 4: BurraGroup

Stops 3-5: Cryogenian: Umberatana GroupLittle Gorge: Sturt TilliteSecond Valley:Tapley Hill Formationand Brighton Limestone

Sturt Tillite Tapley Hill Formationand Brighton LimestonePreiss & others 1993

The Cambrian world

Australia andAntarctica inthe CambrianArchaeocyaths: Ajax MineKruse & Shi 2000Kostjubella djagoran Karathele napuruBrachiopods: Daly Basin

Stansbury BasinGravestock & others 1995 Belperio & others 1998

Stop 1: Cambrian: Normanville Group Stop 1:Myponga BeachSellick HillFormationGravestock & others 1995

Stop 2: Cambrian: Kanmantoo GroupStop 2:Carrickalinga HeadCarrickalinga HeadFormation

Delamerian OrogenyGravestock & others 1995 Belperio & others 1998

DelameriangranitesWright IslandGranite IslandRosetta HeadRemarkable Rocks, KIMorgans Beach, Cape JervisVictor Harbor

Stop 1: Myponga BeachStop 2: Carrickalinga HeadStop 3: Little GorgeStop 4: WirrinaStop 5: Second Valleysarig.pir.sa.gov.au/MapItinerary

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