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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pertnjara Group canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

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 ⓘ
linked to: Paleozoic Era
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 ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amadeus Basin → containsFormation → Pertnjara Group ⓘ
subject linked to: Amadeus Basin geological region
Mereenie Sandstone → underlies → Pertnjara Group ⓘ