Murraba basin
The Murraba Basin (English: Murraba Basin ) is a sedimentary basin in the Northern Territory of Australia .
In the sedimentary basin there are about 4 km thick rock layers that were formed in the Neoproterozoic 850 to 600 million years ago. The rocks in the basin are sandstone , conglomerate and a few deposits of dolomite and mudstone . The sedimentary basin is part of the Centralian Superbasin and extends to Western Australia . It partially overlaps the Aileron Province and is partially covered by the Canning Basin . It is connected to the Amadeus and Canning Basins in the lower units .
The Arafura Basin under this sedimentary basin carries oil .
Web links
- nt.gov.au : Geology Survey (map of the sedimentary basins in the Northern Territory)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 22 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 129 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ E