Cenozoic geology and regolith

(Shaw 1968). In McDILLS, the Etingambra Formation is up succession established in the in South to 12 m thick (Stewart 1968). It is composed of sandstone, Australia extends well into the . with subordinate siltstone and irregular beds and lenses of ¿ne conglomerate containing poorly to moderately rounded NORTHERN NT clasts. The sandstone is medium to coarse grained, poorly bedded and often friable. Wells et al (1967) described the South Alligator Valley succession as a Àuvial deposit. The Etingambra Formation is equivalent to the Eyre In the South Alligator 9alley in the north of the NT, Formation, and therefore it appears that the stratigraphic Urangesellschaft Australia Ltd (Urangesellschaft) has

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Tennant Creek Townsville QUEENSLAND Barkly Homestead Ranken River Roadhouse

Warrabri Basin Mount Isa Willowra Basin

Georgina River Yuendumu Ti-Tree Winton Witcherry Bundey Basin Basin Basin Boulia Plenty River Atula Lake Lewis Waite Basin Old Cork Basin Basin Longreach Papunya Basin Arema Basin Diamantina River Hale River Farm Basin Hay River Springvale Basin Hermannsburg

Santa Teresa Basin Creek

Thompson River Barcoo River Ayers Rock Erldunda Eyre Windorah Basin Lake Eyre Basin Birdsville

Hamilton Basin

Oodnadatta

Innamincka

Cooper Creek Callabonna Sub-basin

Strzelecki Creek Marree SOUTH AUSTRALIA Billa Kalina Basin Tarkaroolo Sub-basin NEW SOUTH WALES

0 250 500 km Torrens Basin

VICTORIA Adelaide Adelaide town locality drainage Palaeogene–Neogene basin, palaeovalley

road State boundary endorheic lake Lake Eyre Basin, present-day catchment A13-184.ai

Figure 42.17. Location and extent of Lake Eyre Basin. Palaeogene–Neogene depositional area after Magee (2009: ¿gure 4.6). Extent of modern drainage basin from Lake Eyre Basin website of Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (http://www.environment.gov.au/water/publications/environmental/rivers/lake-eyre/pubs/leb-map. pdf, accessed March 2013).

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