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Bundook beds

Bundook beds

Rock formation in eastern Australia

The Bundook Beds is a rock formation in the New England Orogen in eastern Australia. The maximum thickness is 2,740 metres, Formed between the Famennian and Frasnian in the late Devonian geological period. [1]

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Bundook beds consists of grey to brown lithic sandstone and siltstone, frequently cherty and ribbon banded. The formation is interbedded with massive greywackes, minor conglomerates and minor limestone.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Bundook beds". Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    Roberts, J. et al., 1991. Geology of the Camberwell, Dungog, and Bulahdelah 1:100 000 sheets 9133, 9233, 9333. Geological Survey of New South Wales, 1v, 382pp.


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