Lachlan Fold Belt

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The Lachlan Fold Belt is a major Paleozoic geological province in southeastern Australia characterized by deformed sedimentary and volcanic rocks that underpin much of the region’s continental crust.

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Label Occurrences
Lachlan Fold Belt canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological province ⓘ
orogenic belt ⓘ
boundedBy Delamerian Orogen to the west ⓘ
Gippsland Basin to the southeast ⓘ
Thomson Orogen to the north ⓘ
characterizedBy deformed sedimentary rocks ⓘ
deformed volcanic rocks ⓘ
composedOf granitoid intrusions ⓘ
limestones ⓘ
shales ⓘ
turbiditic sandstones ⓘ
volcaniclastics ⓘ
contains folded rock sequences ⓘ
granite batholiths ⓘ
metamorphic rocks of low to medium grade ⓘ
sedimentary basins ⓘ
slate belts ⓘ
thrust faults ⓘ
volcanic arc sequences ⓘ
deformationStyle fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
extendsInto New South Wales ⓘ
Tasmania ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
eastern South Australia ⓘ
formedBy crustal shortening ⓘ
subduction-related processes ⓘ
terrane accretion ⓘ
formedDuring Devonian period ⓘ
linked to: Devonian Period

Ordovician period ⓘ
linked to: Ordovician Period

Silurian period ⓘ
linked to: Silurian
formsBasementFor Mesozoic sedimentary basins in southeastern Australia ⓘ
geologicalAge Paleozoic ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance base metal deposits ⓘ
construction materials ⓘ
gold deposits ⓘ
metallic mineral resources ⓘ
hasSignificance constrains models of Gondwana margin development ⓘ
records Paleozoic tectonic evolution of eastern Australia ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern Australia ⓘ
namedAfter Lachlan River region ⓘ
partOf Australian continent ⓘ
linked to: Sahul Shelf

Tasman Orogenic Zone ⓘ
researchField economic geology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
tectonicSetting accretionary orogen ⓘ
convergent margin ⓘ
underlies much of the continental crust of southeastern Australia ⓘ

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

Sydney Basin → overlies → Lachlan Fold Belt ⓘ