Field Geologist's Guide to Lithostratigraphic Nomenclature in Australia

Abstract

Stratigraphic nomenclature in Australia was regulated from 1950 by four successive editions of the Australian Code of Stratigraphic Nomenclature. The International Stratigraphic Guide was adopted for stratigraphic nomenclature in Australia in 1978 and thus superseded the Australian Code. Certain provisions of the Code and certain Australian practices still pertained, however, and these have been formulated as Notes, intercalated with extracts from Chapters 2–5 of the International Guide to form the Field Geologist's Guide to Lithostratigraphic Nomenclature in Australia. Biostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic nomenclatures are excluded. The lithostratigraphic nomenclature of igneous and metamorphic rock units is also excluded, as recommendations are still being formulated. Procedures for reserving, defining, and publishing stratigraphic names are administered by the Stratigraphic Nomenclature Committee in conjunction with the Bureau of Mineral Resources through the Bureau's Central Register of Stratigraphic Names.