? ? ? ? ? ? 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 150 155 160 165 170 175 180 185 190 195 200 205 210 215 220 225 230 235 240 245 250 255 260 265 270 275 280 285 290 295 300 305 310 315 320 325 330 335 340 345 350 355 360 365 370 375 380 385 390 395 400 405 410 415 420 425 430 435 440 445 450 455 460 465 470 475 480 Carboniferous Silurian Devonian Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Paleogene Neogene Middle Late Llandovery Wenlock Ludlow Early Middle Mississippian Pennsylvanian Early Middle Early Late Paleocene Eocene Oligocene Miocene Floian Darriwilian Sandbian Katian Hirnantian Rhuddanian Aeronian Telychian Sheinwoodian Homerian Gorstian Lochkovian Pragian Emsian Eifelian Givetian Tournaisian Visean Serpukhovian Bashkirian Moscovian Kasimovian Gzhelian Asselian Sakmarian Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian Berriasian Valanginian Hauterivian Barremian Aptian Albian Cenomanian Turonian Coniacian Santonian Campanian Maastrichtian Danian Selandian Thanetian Ypresian Lutetian Aquitanian Burdigalian Langhian Serravallian Tortonian Bartonian Priabonian Rupelian Chattian Pleistocene Pliocene Zanclean Piacenzian Gelasian E. Pleist. M. Pleist. Messinian Oxfordian Late Callovian Bathonian Bajocian Toarcian Aalenian Tithonian Kimmeridgian Early Late Frasnian Famennian Pridoli Ludfordian Lt. Pleist. 0 AGE (Ma BP) Anketell Formation Frezier Sandstone Parda Formation Melligo Sandstone Frezier Sandstone Parda Formation Melligo Sandstone Alexander Formation Alexander Formation Barbwire Sandstone Wallal Sandstone Noonkanbah Formation Chirup Formation Blina Shale Laurel Formation Luluigui Formation Gumhole Formation Yellow Drum Formation Clanmeyer Siltstone Carribuddy Group Nibil Formation Nibil Formation Nita Formation Nita Formation Goldwyer Formation Goldwyer Formation Willara Formation Nambeet Formation Willara Formation Nambeet Formation Nibil Formation Nita Formation Goldwyer Formation Willara Formation Nambeet Formation Nita Formation Wilson Cliffs Sandstone Emanuel Formation Reeves Formation Anderson Formation Laurel Formation Yellow Drum Formation Gumhole Formation Gumhole Formation Yellow Drum Formation Laurel Formation Lightjack Formation Condren Sandstone Hardman Formation Millyit Sandstone Blina Shale Erskine Sandstone Lower Keraudren Formation Wallal Sandstone Alexander Formation Broome Sandstone Melligo Sandstone Emeriau Sandstone Upper Keraudren Formation Bedout Formation Murat Siltstone unnamed formation unnamed formation Mermaid Formation Cronin Sandstone Samuel Formation Bejah Claystone Toolonga Calcilutite Undiff. Paleogene to Recent sediments Jarlemai Siltstone Jarlemai Siltstone Fairfield Group Carribuddy Group Carribuddy Group Carribuddy Group Fairfield Group Fairfield Group Devonian Reef Complex Devonian Reef Complex Liveringa Group Prices Creek Group Hicks Range Sandstone Cherrabun Member Nelson Rocks Formation Jarlemai Siltstone Locker Shale Cadjebut Fm Calytrix Fm Clianthus Fm Fitzroy Volcanics Fitzroy Volcanics Acacia Sandstone Member Kirkby Range Member Fitzroy Trough Lennard Shelf Offshore Holocene Quaternary 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 150 155 160 165 170 175 180 185 190 195 200 205 210 215 220 225 230 235 240 245 250 255 260 265 270 275 280 285 290 295 300 305 310 315 320 325 330 335 340 345 350 355 360 365 370 375 380 385 390 395 400 405 410 415 420 425 430 435 440 445 450 455 460 465 470 475 480 0 AGE (Ma BP) CANNING BASIN BIOZONATION AND STRATIGRAPHY Kudata Dolomite NDo Leo Mir Kam Bor Ter SUN CBo PTO PTO Ell LBe Med BLl GTS 2004 Timescale GTS 2004 Timescale Aca, Dod Cud, GSa Aca, Dod Cud, GSa Dod, ERa, Pic NDo, Aca, Sol Leo Leo Leo Nullara Sequence Pillara Sequence Worral Formation Sahara Formation Nibil Formation Mallowa Salt Nita Formation Goldwyer Formation Triwhite Sandstone Lightjack Formation Undiff. Grant Group Undiff. Grant Group Undiff. Grant Group Reeves Formation Liveringa Group Acacia Sandstone Member Minjoo Salt Waldecks Member Acacia Sandstone Member Leo Member Leo Member Numerous thin Paleogene to discontinuous Quaternary fluvial, lacrustrine and aeolian units Numerous thin Paleogene to discontinuous Quaternary fluvial, lacrustrine and aeolian units Numerous thin Paleogene to discontinuous Quaternary fluvial, lacrustrine and aeolian units Numerous thin Paleogene to discontinuous Quaternary fluvial, lacrustrine and aeolian units Numerous thin Paleogene to discontinuous Quaternary fluvial, lacrustrine and aeolian units Rhaetian Norian Carnian Late Anisian Middle Ladinian Olenekian Lopingian Wuchiapingian Induan Changhsingian Capitanian Wordian Cisuralian Guadalupian Roadian Artinskian Kungurian Permian BOU - Boundary Ter - Terrace Llo - Lloyd Mir - Mirbelia Pic - Pictor PTO - Point Torment Cud - Cudalgarra Ell - Ellendale Jan - Janpam JNo - Janpam North Med - Meda Bor - Boronia BLI - Blina CBo - Cow Bore Dod - Dodonea ERa - Edgar Range GSa - Great Sandy Leo - Leo NDo - Nita Downs Aca - Acacia Par - Parda Per - Percival SUN - Sundown San - Santalum Sol - Solanum WKo - West Kora WTe - West Terrace Wil - Willara LBe - Lake Betty Nap - Napier Kor - Kora Kam - Kambara © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2009 The timescale, biozonation and stratigraphic data herein were compiled using Timescale Creator PRO 1.2, developed by Adam Lugowski, Jim Ogg and Felix Gradstein and using the GTS 2004 Timescale. Production Design by Veronika Galinec Geoscience Australia has tried to make the information in this product as accurate as possible. However, it does not guarantee that the information is totally accurate or complete. Therefore, you should not rely solely on this information when making a commercial decision. Breccia Sandstone (fine-grained) Sandstone (medium-grained) Sandstone (coarse-grained) Siltstone Evaporite Shale Claystone Calcarous siltstone Limestone Massive limestone Silty limestone Silty dolostone Dolostone Igneous Intrusive Oil prone source rock Oil & gas prone source rock Possible source rock Gas show Oil show Oil & gas show Onshore Offshore Group Oil & gas discovery Gas discovery Oil discovery Figure modified from Playford, P., 2002. Palaeokarst, pseudokarst and sequence stratigraphy in Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin, Western Australia. 763-793 in Keep, M. & Moss, S. (eds), The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia 3. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, Perth. Mallowa Salt Mallowa Salt Mallowa Salt NOT PENETRATED Patterson Formation Hoya Fm Undiff. Grant Group Mt. Troy Fm/ Minjoo Salt Gap Creek Formation Laurel Formation Pillara Sequence 07-2395-1 Feedback or comments on the data contained herein is encouraged. SE Kidson Sub-basin (Includes Tabletop Shelf) Willara Sub-basin (Includes SW Shelf margin) Broome Platform (Includes Barbwire Terrace) CANNING BASIN LOCALITY MAP Poole Sandstone Noonkanbah Formation Poole Sandstone Poole Sandstone Noonkanbah Formation Nura Nura Member Poole Sandstone Poole Sandstone Noonkanbah Formation Elsa Sandstone Member Dodonea Member Worral Formation Sahara Formation Waldecks Member Elsa Sandstone Member Dodonea Member Waldecks Member Elsa Sandstone Member Dodonea Member Worral Formation Sahara Formation 200 0 Short Term Sea level curve 100 Sandy siltstone Slate Muddy siltstone 122° 124° 126° 16° 18° 20° 22° 120° Major depositional troughs Canning Basin boundary Structural element boundary Coastline Broome Platform Willara Sub-basin Kidson Sub-basin Lennard Shelf Fitzroy Trough Tabletop Shelf Gregory Sub-basin 0 200 km Anketell Shelf Munroe Terrace 07-2395-5 Well Dampier Terrace Barbwire Terrace BROOME Wallal Embayment Wallal Platform Samphire Embayment McLarty Embayment Crosslands Platform Billiluna Shelf Ryan Shelf DERBY FITZROY CROSSING Nura Nura Member BLl, JNo Jan, Med Llo, Bor, Ter Hicks Range Sandstone Cherrabun Member Kirkby Range Member Nura Nura Member Devonian Reef Complex Nura Nura Member Dapingian Inquiries and further information about this chart and related products can be obtained from either Dr. Robert S. Nicoll (phone: +61 2 6249 9484 email: [email protected]) or Dr John R. Laurie (phone: +61 2 6249 9412; email: [email protected]). These charts represent revisions of a previous series tying selected Australian biozonation and lithostratigraphic schemes from the Geoscience Australia databases to the Geologic Time Scale 2004 (Gradstein et al, 2004). WTe, SUN Llo, WKo, BOU, Kor Callawa Formation Cronin Formation Millyit Sandstone Blina Shale Erskine Sandstone Cossigny Member Miria Formation Protoperidinium leonis Achomosphaera ramulifera Fromea leos Deflandrea heterophlycta Arachnodinium antarcticum Charlesdowniea thompsoniae Rhombodinium waipawaense Apectodinium hyperacanthum Apectodinium reburrus Senegalinium dilwynensis Nelsoniella aceras Isabelidinium cretaceum Odontochitina porifera KCCM16 KCCM17 KCCM18 KCCM19 KCCM24 Dioxya armata KCCM28 KCCM33 KCCM34 KCCM44 Muderongia australis KCCM45 KCCM46 KCCM47 KCCM48 KCCM49 KCCM50 Egmontodinium torynum Batioladinium lobispinosum Batioladinium reticulatum Cassiculosphaeridia delicata Kalyptea wisemaniae Omatia montgomeryi Cribroperidinium perforans Wanaea clathrata Ctenidodinium ancorum Voodooia tabulata Ternia balmei Wanaea indotata Wanaea verrucosa Protohaploxypinus microcorpus Mellitasphaeridium choanophorum Palaeohystrichophora infusorioides Microbaculispora villosa Dulhuntyispora dulhuntyi Didecitriletes ericianus Dulhuntyispora granulata Praecolpatites sinuosus Microbaculispora trisina Dulhuntyispora parvithola Playfordiaspora crenulata Lunatisporites pellucidus Triplexisporites playfordii Rhaetogonyaulax rhaetica Hebecysta balmei Wanneria listeri Rhaetogonyaulax wigginsii Minutosaccus crenulatus Ashmoripollis reducta Dapcodinium priscum Corollina torosa Luehndea assemblage Wanaea spectabilis Dingodinium swanense Murospora florida Dingodinium jurassicum Phoberocysta burgeri Muderongia testudinaria Senoniasphaera tabulata Systematophora areolata Odontochitina operculata Pseudoceratium iehiense Grandispora spiculifera Grandispora maculosa Spelaeotriletes ybertii Deusilites tenuistriatus Microbaculispora tentula Striatopodocarpites fusus Nothofagidites senectus Tricolporites apoxyexinus Phyllocladidites mawsonii Hoegisporis uniforma Phimopollenites pannosus Coptospora paradoxa Xenascus asperatus Endoceratium ludbrookiae Canninginopsis denticulata Muderongia tetracantha Diconodinium multispinum Xenikoon australis Lygistepollenites balmei Forcipites longus Tricolporites lilliei Malvacipollis diversus Isabelidinium korojonensis Manumiella druggii Trithyrodinium evittii Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum Alisocysta circumtabulata Eisenackia crassitabulata Apectodinium homomophum Wilsonidinium ornatum Charlesdowniea edwardsii Paucilobimorpha asteris Enneadocysta partridgei Membranophoridium perforatum Phthanoperidinium comatum Proteacidites tuberculatus Nothofagidites asperus Proteacidites asperopolus Gippslandica extensa Myrtaceidites lipsis Triporopollenites bellus Foraminisporis bifurcatus Tubulifloridites pleistocenicus Conosphaeridium striatoconum Diconodinium davidii Cyclosporites hughesi Crybelosporites striatus Contignisporites cooksoniae Dictyotosporites complex Foraminisporis wonthaggiensis Ruffordiaspora australiensis Retitriletes watherooensis Callialasporites turbatus Dissiliodinium caddaense Staurosaccites quadrifidus Samaropollenites speciosus Protohaploxypinus samoilovichii Pseudoreticulatispora confluens Pseudoreticulatispora pseudoreticulata Diatomozonotriletes birkheadensis Anapiculatisporites largus N22 N20/N21 N18/N19 N17b N17 N16 N15 N14 N13 N12 N11 N10 N9 N8 N7 N6 N5 N4 N3, P22 N2, P21 N1, P20 P16 P15 P14 P13 P12 P11 P10 P9 P6a P6b P3 P4 P5 P1 P0 P2 KCCM1-5 KCCM6-10 KCCM11-15 KCCM20-23 KCCM25-27 KCCM29-32 KCCM37-43 KCCM35-36 P7 P8 PA P17 P18 P19 Sahulidinium ottii KCCM Zones N, P Zones (Blow 1969, 1999) (Rexilius 2009, unpub) Australian Dinocyst Zonation (HMP 2006) Spore-Pollen Zonation SE Standard (A.D.P 2006) Nannoceratopsis deflandrei Protoellipsodinium simplex Tuberculodinium vancampoae Microplankton not diagnostic Grant Gp Grant Gp Grant Gp Bongabinni Fm Bongabinni Fm Grant Gp Grant Gp Grant Gp Mt. Troy Fm/ Minjoo Salt Bongabinni Fm Bongabinni Fm Mt. Troy Fm/ Minjoo Salt Undifferentiated Goldwyer Formation and Willara Formation Pegasus Dolomite Mbr Tandalgoo Formation Dominic Shale Mellinjerie Limestone Pegasus Dolomite Mbr Tandalgoo Formation Dominic Shale Mellinjerie Limestone Pegasus Dolomite Mbr Cudalgara Mbr Cudalgara Mbr Sahara Formation Worral Formation Dominic Shale Dominic Shale Tandalgoo Formation Mellinjerie Limestone Tandalgoo Formation Gogo Formation Clanmeyer Siltstone Broome Sandstone Mowla Sandstone Fairfield Gp Kunian Sandstone Period Epoch Stage Ordovician Early Tremadocian Condren Sandstone Hardman Formation Luluigui Formation R.S. Nicoll, J.R. Laurie, A.P. Kelman & D.J. Mantle (GA), P.W. Haines, A.J. Mory & R.M. Hocking (GSWA) Canning Basin Biozonation and Stratigraphy, 2009 Chart 31 Lampe Formation - "Lake George beds" Capitals (eg. BLI) indicate a field Kelly’s Pass Event Algae Creek Event Elliott Ridge Event Cadjebut Formation Fairfield Group Prices Creek Group Pillara Limestone Sequence 1 Gogo Formation Sequence 3 Sequence 6 Nullara Limestone Piker Hills Formation Virgin Hills Formation Sequence 4 Sequence 2 Limestone Windjana o B F / F u n d ar y ve nt E Sadler Limestone Napier Formation Reef Extinction Event Shady Bore Event 07-2395-2 Precambrian Igneous-Metamorphic Complex Classic Face Event Sequence 5 FAMENNIAN FRASNIAN praesulcata marginifera triangularis expansa postera trachytera rhomboidea crepida zones conodont Middle Lower Upper Lower M U GIVETIAN Pillara Sequence CARBONIFEROUS (TOURNAISIAN) ORDOVICIAN DEVONIAN REEF COMPLEXES 11-13 7-10 3-6 1-2 Nullara Sequence Pillara Sequence Nullara Sequence Reeves Formation ? ? ? ? ?Reeves Formation 07-2395-4 CARBONIFEROUS PERMIAN Artinskian Sakmarian Asselian Gzhelian Kasimovian Moscovian Bashkirian Serpukhovian S. fusus S. ybertii D. birkheadensis D. tenuistriatus M. tentula P. confluens P. pseudoreticulata Noonkanbah Formation Winifred Fm Paterson Fm Anketell-Tabletop Shelf Kidson-Wallara-Crossland-Broome Fitzroy Trough Barbwire Terrace Lennard Shelf Poole Sandstone Poole Sandstone Schematic cross-section of the Late Carboniferous-Early Permian stratigraphic units across the Canning Basin, after Mory, Redfern and Martin (2008). DSM = Deeadeea Sandstone Member NCM = Ngumban Claystone Member Millajiddee Mbr Wye Worry Mbr Clianthus Fm Calytrix Fm Hoya Fm ? ? ? ? ? 'Carolyn Fm' 'Winifred Fm' DSM NCM ? 'Betty Fm' Carolyn Fm Undiff. Carolyn Fm Subsurface Noonkanbah Formation