Regional stratigraphic analysis of the Gidgealpa Group, Southern Cooper Basin, Australia

R. C. N. Thornton

Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) · 1977 · 39 citations · 0 references

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Cooper Basin stratigraphic table.Cooper Basin wells with good paly- nologic control Comparison between triangle facies and "D'r-function lithofacies maps.Palynologic symbols used on stratigraphic cross sections. Gidgealpa 6zComparison between core and wireline log derived lithologic percentages.Lithologic units used in coal cyclicity study. Stage subdivisions used in CooperBasin coal cycle analysis.Results of tests for (a) horizont,al stationarity and (b) vertical statonariy.Results of histogrm and Markov analysis -Stage 3r.Results of histogram ard Markov analysis -Lower Stage 4. Results of histogram and Markov analysis -Upper Stage 4'.Results of histogram and Markov analysis -Epsilon Formation and "Daralingie Beds".Results of histogram and Markov analysis -Upper Stage 5r.Coal cycle analysis: breakdown of the number of rock units per cycle.Cooper Basn coal cycles: means and standard deviations in metres. Stratigraphc variables tested by bivariate correlation analysis.Cooper Basin coal cycles: correlation coefficients (R) and significance (S) -Stage 3t ard Lower Stage 4.