Narrabeen Group
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The Narrabeen Group is a sequence of Triassic sedimentary rock formations in the Sydney Basin of eastern Australia, notable for its sandstones, shales, and significant fossil content.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Narrabeen Group canonical | 4 |
| Shoalhaven Group | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Triassic stratigraphic unit
ⓘ
geologic group ⓘ sedimentary rock unit ⓘ |
| age |
Triassic
ⓘ
surface form:
Early Triassic
|
| basin | Sydney Basin ⓘ |
| contains |
Bald Hill Claystone
ⓘ
Bulgo Sandstone ⓘ Garie Formation ⓘ Munmorah Conglomerate ⓘ Narrabeen Sandstone ⓘ Newport Formation ⓘ Terrigal Formation ⓘ |
| containsFossils |
invertebrate fossils
ⓘ
plant fossils ⓘ vertebrate fossils ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| depositionalEnvironment |
deltaic
ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ lacustrine ⓘ |
| forms |
coastal headlands near Sydney
ⓘ
escarpments in the Sydney Basin ⓘ |
| geologicPeriod | Triassic ⓘ |
| hasStratigraphicRank | group ⓘ |
| lithology |
conglomerate
ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ sandstone ⓘ shale ⓘ siltstone ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New South Wales
ⓘ
Sydney Basin ⓘ eastern Australia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Narrabeen ⓘ |
| notableFor |
prominent sandstone cliffs
ⓘ
significant fossil content ⓘ |
| overlies | Hawkesbury Sandstone ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sydney Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Sydney Basin sedimentary sequence
Sydney Basin stratigraphy ⓘ |
| region |
Greater Sydney region
ⓘ
surface form:
Sydney region
|
| rockType | clastic sedimentary rock ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | passive margin basin ⓘ |
| underlies |
Hawkesbury Sandstone
ⓘ
Wianamatta Group ⓘ |
| usedFor |
geological mapping
ⓘ
stratigraphic correlation ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shoalhaven Group