Which Basin is located in the Carpentaria lowlands?
Which Basin is located in the Carpentaria lowlands?
The Jurassic-Cretaceous intracratonic Carpentaria Basin lies beneath the Gulf of Carpentaria in offshore northern Australia, and extends onshore in Queensland and the Northern Territory. It is overlain by Tertiary sediments of the Kurumba Basin.
Why is it called Gulf of Carpentaria?
The eastern side of the gulf was first explored by the Dutch between 1605 and 1628, and the southern and western coasts were discovered by the explorer Abel Tasman in 1644. The gulf was named for Pieter de Carpentier, governor-general (1623–27) of the Dutch East Indies.
Where is the gulf in Australia?
The Gulf Country is the region of woodland and savanna grassland surrounding the Gulf of Carpentaria in north western Queensland and eastern Northern Territory on the north coast of Australia. The region is also called the Gulf Savannah. It contains large reserves of zinc, lead and silver.
Where is Carpentaria lowlands located?
the Jurassic-Cretaceous intracratonic Carpentaria Basin lies beneath the Gulf of Carpentaria in offshore northern Australia, and extends onshore in Queensland and the Northern Territory. It is overlain by Tertiary sediments of the Kurumba Basin.
How do you say Gulf of Carpentaria?
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Can you swim at Little Bondi?
These include Wanuwuy (Cape Arnhem), Bariŋura (Little Bondi), Ŋumuy (Turtle Beach), Garanhan (Macassan Beach) and Binydjarrŋa (Daliwuy Bay). Although crocodiles do inhabit all waterways within the East Arnhem region, there are some recreational areas where people do swim.
Where is the Carpentaria basin located?
The Jurassic-Cretaceous intracratonic Carpentaria Basin lies beneath the Gulf of Carpentaria in offshore northern Australia, and extends onshore in Queensland and the Northern Territory. It is overlain by Tertiary sediments of the Kurumba Basin.
How thick is the sedimentary succession in the Carpentaria basin?
The laterally extensive sedimentary succession is typically thin with a maximum thickness of about 1800 metres offshore. Much of the Carpentaria Basin succession includes fine-grained, lithic marine rocks which are rarely preserved in outcrop.
What are the three basins of the Great Barrier Reef?
…by three major basins, the Carpentaria Basin, the Eyre Basin, and the Murray Basin. The Carpentaria and Eyre basins are separated by such minute residual relief elements as Mount Brown and Mount Fort Bowen in northwestern Queensland.
What are the major depocentre of the Bamaga basin?
Only a small portion of the offshore part of the basin overlies pre-Jurassic sedimentary rocks (Bamaga Basin). Offshore, the Carpentaria Depression in the Weipa Sub-basin is the major depocentre of the basin.
