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Proterozoic Palaeocurrent directions in the Kimberley Region, Northwestern Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

D. C. Gellatly ,
G. M. Derrick  and
K. A. Plumb
D. C. Gellatly
Affiliation:
Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology, and Geophysics, P.O. Box 378, Canberra City, 2601, Australia
G. M. Derrick
Affiliation:
Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology, and Geophysics, P.O. Box 378, Canberra City, 2601, Australia
K. A. Plumb
Affiliation:
Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology, and Geophysics, P.O. Box 378, Canberra City, 2601, Australia
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Summary

Palaeocurrent directions from cross-beds in the Proterozoic Kimberley Basin sediments, north-western Australia indicate sediment transport predominantly from the north-east in the lower part of the succession, and from the north-west in the middle and upper parts. Most of the sediment was probably derived from the north and only a little from the adjacent exposed areas of older Pre-Cambrian rocks to the south. The suggested northerly source of the sediment is consistent with a probable former position of Western Australia close to Peninsular India and to Burma.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 107 , Issue 3 , May 1970 , pp. 249 - 257
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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