Canning Basin (W.A.)

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Name (Latin)
Canning Basin (W.A.)
Coordinates
124.31 124.31 -18.1875 -18.1875 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Basins (Geology) Australia
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q383131
Library of congress: sh 85019625

Wikipedia description:

The Canning Basin is a geological basin located in Western Australia. Deposition of sediments began after early-Ordovician thermal subsidence, and continued into the Early Cretaceous. The Basin covers approximately 507,000 km2 of which approximately 430,000 km2 is on land. The basin is also a distinct physiographic province of the larger West Australian Shield division.

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