Fossiliferous Cambrian limestone from within the mt read volcanics,mt lyell mine area,Tasmania |
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| Authors: | J B Jago K O Reid P G Quilty G R Green B Daily |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Applied Geology , South Australian Institute of Technology , North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000;2. Mt Lyell Mining and Railway Co. Ltd , Queenstown, Tasmania, 7467;3. West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd , G.P.O. Box C 1580, Perth, Western Australia, 6001;4. Tasmanian Mines Department , G.P.O. Box 124B, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001;5. Department of Geology and Mineralogy , University of Adelaide , G.P.O. Box 498D, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000 |
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| Abstract: | In the Mt Lyell area limestone conformably underlying unmineralized Mt Read Volcanics and unconformably overlying mineralized Mt Read Volcanics contains fossils of late Middle Cambrian or early Upper Cambrian age. This suggests an upper limit of late Middle Cambrian or early Upper Cambrian for the mineralization in the Mt Lyell area. The view of Gee et al. (1970) that the Mt Read Volcanics and the fossiliferous Cambrian sequences of western Tasmania are at least partly contemporaneous is confirmed. |
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| Keywords: | Bali convergent region Indonesia seismicity |
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