Wianamatta Group

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The Wianamatta Group is a major geological rock sequence in the Sydney Basin of eastern Australia, consisting primarily of Triassic sedimentary formations that overlie the Hawkesbury Sandstone.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wianamatta Group canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological group ⓘ
rock unit ⓘ
stratigraphic unit ⓘ
age Middle Triassic ⓘ
basin Sydney Basin ⓘ
chronostratigraphicUnit Triassic System ⓘ
linked to: Triassic
controls landscape of Cumberland Plain ⓘ
linked to: Cumberland Plain

soil characteristics of western Sydney ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment floodplain ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
lacustrine ⓘ
economicUse source of clay for brickmaking ⓘ
forms subsurface geology of western Sydney ⓘ
geologicPeriod Triassic ⓘ
hasStratigraphicPosition overlies Hawkesbury Sandstone ⓘ
underlies younger Mesozoic units ⓘ
lithology sandstone ⓘ
sedimentary rock ⓘ
shale ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
locatedIn New South Wales ⓘ
eastern Australia ⓘ
namedFor Wianamatta ⓘ
overlies Hawkesbury Sandstone ⓘ
partOf Sydney Basin ⓘ
region Sydney region ⓘ
stratigraphicSuperunitOf Ashfield Shale ⓘ
Bringelly Shale ⓘ
Minchinbury Sandstone ⓘ
underlies Jurassic volcanic rocks ⓘ
weatheringProduct clay-rich soils ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Sydney Basin → hasFormation → Wianamatta Group ⓘ
Hawkesbury Sandstone → underlies → Wianamatta Group ⓘ
Narrabeen Group → underlies → Wianamatta Group ⓘ