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The geology of Shark Bay

Author: Playford, PE, Cockbain, AE, Berry, PF, Roberts, AP, Haines, PW, Brooke, BP

Series Number: 146

Publication date: 03 December 2013

Format: Book

Type: Bulletin 146

ISSN: 0085-8137

Pages: 297

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Product details

Shark Bay is an area of major interest to geologists, historians, and members of the general public. The natural attributes of the area are of major international importance, hence its designation as a World Heritage Area.

Major features

Details of five decades of research on Shark Bay, focusing especially on:

•        world-renowned stromatolites of Hamelin Pool

•        complex sand dunes, delineated by Digital Elevation Modelling (DEM)

•        mega-tsunamis that struck the Shark Bay and Pilbara areas in the recent past

•        birrida evaporite pans, filled with gypsum

•        coquinas and coquinites of the bivalve Fragum erugatum

•        the high fault-line scarp of the Zuytdorp Cliffs, resulting from normal faulting along the Zuytdorp Fault during the Late Pleistocene and perhaps early Holocene

•        recent thrust faulting along the Hardabut Fault

•        elevated cormorant mangal deposits on Faure Island, pointing to recent uplift

•        solar-salt, mineral sands, gypsum, and other economic commodities

•        the human history of the area, beginning with the visit of Dirk Hartog in 1616 and followed by a succession of famous navigators

•        more than 400 large-format colour photographs and diagrams, highlighting the area’s unique geology and physiography. The book will be of particular interest to:

•        geoscientists worldwide

•        geology, geography, science teachers and students

•        academics and students studying earth sciences

•        members of the public interested in Western Australian environments and landscapes, and the early history of this unique area.

Maps

BERNIER

BINTHALYA

BOOLOGOORO

CARNARVON

COBURN

DENHAM

DOORAWARRAH

DORRE

EDAGEE

EDEL

EDEL

GREENOUGH

HAMELIN

INSCRIPTION

KENNEDY RANGE

MACLEOD

MARDATHUNA

MEEDO

Geological ages
Cenozoic, Cretaceous, Neogene, Paleogene, Quaternary

Keywords
Aboriginals, dunes, faulting, fault line, folding, geomorphology, guano, gypsum deposits, islands, mangroves, pearls, salinity, salt production, claypans, stromatolites, tides, tsunamis, Shark Bay, Peron Peninsula, Nanga Peninsula, Edel Land Peninsula, Hamelin Pool, L'Haridon Bight, Faure Sill, L'Haridon Sill, Dirk Hartog Island, Faure Island, Dorre, Bernier, Koks Islands

Broad Terms
Geological mapping, Geomorphology, Geophysical interpretation, Regional geology, Stratigraphy, Structural geology, Tectonics

Commodities
Building stone, Gypsum, Limestone, Mineral sands, Salt, Sand, Shells; Shell grit

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