Pertnjara Group

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The Pertnjara Group is a geological rock unit within central Australia's Amadeus Basin, known for its sedimentary sequences that record Paleozoic depositional environments.

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Pertnjara Group canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic group
sedimentary rock unit
stratigraphic unit
basin Amadeus Basin
contains cross-bedded sandstones
mudstone intervals
red-bed successions
country Australia
depositionalEnvironment aeolian
fluvial
lacustrine
geologicAge Paleozoic Era
surface form: Paleozoic
geologicProvince Central Australia
knownFor recording Paleozoic depositional environments in the Amadeus Basin
lithology aeolian sandstone
conglomerate
fluvial sandstone
mudstone
sandstone
siltstone
locatedIn Northern Territory
Central Australia
surface form: central Australia
overlies Mereenie Sandstone
partOf Amadeus Basin
region Centralian Superbasin region
stratigraphicRank group
tectonicSetting intracratonic basin
thickness several hundred metres
underlies Hermannsburg Sandstone
Parke Siltstone

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Amadeus Basin geological region containsFormation Pertnjara Group
subject surface form: Amadeus Basin
Mereenie Sandstone underlies Pertnjara Group