Cattamarra Coal Measures
| Cattamarra Coal Measures | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Pliensbachian-Aalenian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | Bitter Pool Claystone |
| Underlies | Cadda & Yarragadee Formations |
| Overlies | Eneabba Formation, Lesueur Sandstone |
| Thickness | 1,500 m (4,900 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Siltstone, claystone, coal |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 30°18′S 115°12′E / 30.3°S 115.2°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 39°18′S 56°12′E / 39.3°S 56.2°E |
| Region |  Western Australia |
| Country |  Australia |
| Extent | Perth Basin |
  Cattamarra Coal Measures (Australia) | |
The Cattamarra Coal Measures is an Early Jurassic geological unit in Western Australia.[1]
Description
[edit]They are part of the Perth Basin, and are a sequence of non-marine, probably fluvial sandstones, shales and silts including bituminous coal, and are up to 300 m thick. The Cattamarra Coal Measures conformably overly the Eneabba Formation.[2]
The Cattamarra Coal Measures constitute an unconventional tight gas reservoir.[3]
There are well preserved fossil insects from the Jurassic age in the deposit.[4]
See also
[edit]- Toarcian turnover
- Toarcian formations
- Marne di Monte Serrone, Italy
- Calcare di Sogno, Italy
- Sachrang Formation, Austria
- Posidonia Shale, Lagerstätte in Germany
- Ciechocinek Formation, Germany and Poland
- Krempachy Marl Formation, Poland and Slovakia
- Lava Formation, Lithuania
- Azilal Group, North Africa
- Whitby Mudstone, England
- Fernie Formation, Alberta and British Columbia
- Whiteaves Formation, British Columbia
- Navajo Sandstone, Utah
- Los Molles Formation, Argentina
- Mawson Formation, Antarctica
- Kandreho Formation, Madagascar
- Kota Formation, India
- Unconventional (oil & gas) reservoir
References
[edit]- ^ "Cattamarra Coal Measures". Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ Suwarna, Nana (1993), Petrology of Jurassic coal, Hill River area, Perth Basin, Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology, Department of Applied Geology, retrieved 20 October 2016 - the summary to this thesis in Trove is a detailed overview
- ^ Rezaee, M. Reza (2011), Complexity in tight gas sand development—an example from Perth Basin, Western Australia, Department of Petroleum Engineering, retrieved 12 December 2015
- ^ Martin, Sarah Kerry; Monash University. School of Geosciences (2008), Early Jurassic insects of the Mintaja locality, Cattamarra Coal Measures, Perth basin, Western Australia, retrieved 20 October 2016
Further reading
[edit]- Timms, Nicholas E.; Olierook, Hugo K.H.; Wilson, Moyra E.J.; Delle Piane, Claudio; Hamilton, P. Joseph; Cope, Patricia; Stütenbecker, Laura (February 2015). "Sedimentary facies analysis, mineralogy and diagenesis of the Mesozoic aquifers of the central Perth Basin, Western Australia". Marine and Petroleum Geology. 60: 54–78. Bibcode:2015MarPG..60...54T. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.08.024.
- Stratigraphy and petroleum systems elements of the northern Perth Basin
- S. K. Martin. 2010. Early Jurassic cockroaches (Blattodea) from the Mintaja insect locality, Western Australia. Alavesia 3:55–72
- S. K. Martin. 2008. A new protorhyphid fly (Insecta: Diptera: Protorhyphidae) from the Lower Jurassic of the Perth Basin, Western Australia. Alavesia 2:253–257