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Summary of results. Joint NTGS-GA geochronology project: Birrindudu Basin

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Title

Summary of results. Joint NTGS-GA geochronology project: Birrindudu Basin,

Creator

Jarrett, A. J. M, Kositcin, N, Munson, T. J,

Issued by

Northern Territory. Department of Mining and Energy. NT Geological Survey,

Collection

Summary of results. Joint NTGS-GA geochronology project: Birrindudu Basin, E-Publications, PublicationNT, NTGS Record,

Date

2025,

Abstract

This Record presents data collected in August and September 2023 as part of the ongoing Northern Territory Geological Survey - Geoscience Australia SHRIMP geochronology project under the National Collaborative Framework agreement and Geoscience Australia's 2016-2024 Exploring for the Future program. New U-Pb SHRIMP zircon geochronological results, derived from six sedimentary samples collected from the Birrindudu Basin in the Northern Territory, are presented herein. Detrital zircon U-Pb analyses were conducted on representative samples of six sedimentary formations, namely the Burtawurta Formation (Wattie Group) and the previously undated Timber Creek Formation, Bynoe Formation, Mount Gordon Sandstone, Banyan Formation and Battle Creek Formation (all Bullita Group), collected during NTGS fieldwork in 2015. The aims of the study were to generate detrital zircon age spectra and determine maximum depositional ages for all the sampled units, which could be integrated with existing data to assist in interpretations of possible sedimentary provenances and contribute to a broader understanding of Proterozoic stratigraphy across northern Australia.,

Notes

Made available by the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT), On the GEMIS record is a zip file of Appx Figures and spreadsheet.,

Language

English,

Subject

Wattie Group, Bullita Group, Banyan Formation, Battle Creek Formation, Electronic books, Mount Gordon Sandstone, Burtawurta Formation, Birrindudu Basin, Timber Creek Formation, Bynoe Formation, Geochronology, Shrimp, Zircon,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Darwin (NT),

Series

NTGS Record,

Digital format

1 online resource,

Format

text file,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9780724574353,

ISSN

1443-1149,

NED identifier

NED411802P1021744,

Use

Licensed under Creative Commons. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

Access

National edeposit: Available online.,

National edeposit

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3751156714,

Related links

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3751156714 [Trove Link], https://geoscience.nt.gov.au/gemis/ntgsjspui/handle/1/94076 [GEMIS],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/1006411,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/1006419