) NATURALISTE
EPOCH STAGE SEQUENCES TECTONIC EVENTS AGE (Ma) AGE (Ma BP ERA PLATEAUStratigraphy from DSDP wells 0 PLEISTOCENE CALABRIAN 0 PIACENZIAN PLIOCENE ZANCLEAN Foram & Nannofossil MESSINIAN Ooze 10 L TORTONIAN 10 SERRAVALLIAN MIOCENE M BURDIGALIAN LANGHIAN 20 NEOGENE E 20 QUATERNARY AQUITANIAN L CHATTIAN Eo - Q OLIGOCENE 30 E RUPELIAN Start of fast spreading in 30 L PRIABONIAN the Australian - Antarctic Basin. Breakup between TERTIARY
CAINOZOIC BARTONIAN 40 the Diamantina Zone and 40 M Nannofossil Ooze EOCENE LUTETIAN the Labuan Basin. 50 Faulting in the 50 E YPRESIAN Diamantina Zone PALAEOGENE Nannofossil Chalk Pal - Eo L THANETIAN (Munschy, 1998) 60 PALEOCENE SELANDIAN 60 E DANIAN
70 MAASTRICHTIAN 70 San - Pal Southern Margin breakup. Peak extension between CAMPANIAN Chalk & Siliceous the Naturaliste Plateau 80 LATE limestone and Bruce Rise, 80 SANTONIAN exhumation of peridotites CONIACIAN in the Diamantina 90 90 TURONIAN Clay-rich Alb - San Zone. CENOMANIAN Nanno chalk 100 Massive volcanism 100 ALBIAN ?? Clay sandstone, associated with the volcaniclastic Kerguelen hotspot. 110 conglomerate Volcanism on the 110 APTIAN Barr - Alb Naturaliste Plateau. CRETACEOUS 120 EARLY BARREMIAN 120
HAUTERIVIAN Breakup between India Val - Barr and Australia in the 130 130 VALANGINIAN Perth Abyssal Plain Syn 2 BERRIASIAN Continental extension, 140 syn-rift deposition in 140 TITHONIAN the Perth Basin, Bight KIMMERIDGIAN Basin and the 150 LATE Mentelle Basin 150 OXFORDIAN Syn 1 160 160 CALLOVIAN
MESOZOIC BATHONIAN 170 MIDDLE ? ? 170 BAJOCIAN 180 180 AALENIAN TOARCIAN Second stage of rifting 190 190 PLIENSBACHIAN in the Perth Basin EARLY (Song and Lawood, 2000) 200 SINEMURIAN 200 HETTANGIAN RHAETIAN 210 210 NORIAN LATE 220 220 CARNIAN Basement - Syn 2 230 230 LADINIAN MIDDLE ANISIAN 240 240 SPATHIAN EARLY NAMMALIAN GRIESBACHIAN 250 SCYTHIAN 250 TATARIAN DORASHAMIAN DZHULFIAN 260 LATE MIDIAN 260 KAZANIAN UFIMIAN 270 First stage of rifting 270 KUNGURIAN in the Perth Basin
280 ARTINSKIAN 280
PERMIANEARLY TRIASSIC JURASSIC
290 PALAEOZOIC SAKMARIAN 290 ASSELIAN PRECAMBRIAN Basement Basement Basement 23/OA/1376