Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: N.G. Marshall, S.C. Lang
Date Published: August 2013
Number of Pages: 32
Abstract:
The Mesozoic and Cenozoic of the North West Shelf can be subdivided into 18 broad stratigraphic intervals that show a remarkable degree of geological similarity from basin to basin. These intervals are termed “regional play intervals” and are related to the tectonic evolution and progressive breakup of Gondwana along Australia’s northwestern margin, initially as an intra-continental basin in the Triassic, and subsequent fragmentation through rifting and seafloor spreading during the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous.