Stratigraphic Name | Stratno |  Previous Name  |Previous Name Stratno| Replacement Name | Replacement Name Stratno |Is Current | Rank | Status | Category | Usage | Parent Name | Parent Stratno | Chemical Parent Name | Chemical Parent Stratno | Top Minimum Age Name | Top Minimum Age (Ma) | Top Minimum Age Error (Ma)| Top Minimum Age Method | Topstrat Age Event | Base Maximum Age Name | Base Maximum Age (Ma) | Base Maximum Age Error (Ma) | Base Maximum Age Method | Basestrat Age Event | Minimum Thickness (m) | Maximum Thickness (m) | Type Section State | Definition Card | First ref as on form | Def ref as on form | Reserved by | Resdate | Approved by | Approved date |General Comments | Lithology Description | Primary Lithology Group | Secondary Lithology Group | Tectonic Setting | Intrusive | Granite Type | Last Update
Abbot Gabbro-Diorite|34958|||Abbott Granite|68334|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|22894||||||Mafic facies of the Abbott Unit of the Terra Nova Intrusive Complex.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Abbot Granite|34962|||Abbott Granite|68334|No|Formation, beds|Misspelt|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|22894||||||Named for the Abbott Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Felsic facies of the informally named Abbott Unit of the Terra Nova Intrusive Complex. Intrudes the Fork Monzogranite|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Abbot Intermediate rocks|34960|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|22894||||||Probably refers to the intermediate constituents of the Abbott Unit, an informal compound term for granitic rocks in the Terra Nova Intrusive Complex.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Abbot Unit|34954|||Abbott Unit|68335|No|Formation, beds|Misspelt|Other new published name|Described|||||Cambrian|508||||Cambrian|508|||||||No|22894||||||Collective term which includes Abbott Granite (felsic facies), Abbott Gabbro-Diorite (hybrid facies), Abbot Melamomonzogranite (mafic facies) and the Fork Monzogranite. Age: 495+/-4Ma.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Abbott Gabbro-Diorite|68332|||Abbott Granite|68334|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|Terra Nova Intrusive Complex|68333|||Lower Ordovician||||intrusion|Late Cambrian||||||||No|60868||||||Mafic facies of the Abbott Unit of the Terra Nova Intrusive Complex.|Large mass and minor tabular bodies of fine- to medium-grained equigranular, gabbro, diorite and quartz monzodiorite within the main granitie body.||||Y||17-JAN-23
Abbott Granite""|68337|||Abbott Granite|68334|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|60868|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Abbott Melamonzogranite|68338|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|Terra Nova Intrusive Complex|68333|||Lower Ordovician||||intrusion|Late Cambrian||||||||No|60868||||||Hybrid facies of the Abbott Unit of the Terra Nova Intrusive Complex.  Mingled between the Abbott felsic and mafic components indicates they are all coeval.|Characterised by a typically porphyritic texture with distinctive (xeno)megacrysts of variably rounded perthitic microcline.||||Y||17-JAN-23
Abbott Unit|68335|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Described|Terra Nova Intrusive Complex|68333|||Late Cambrian|495|4||intrusion|Late Cambrian|495|4||||||No|60869||||||Collective but informal term which includes Abbott Granite (felsic facies), Abbott Gabbro-Diorite (hybrid facies), Abbot Melanomonzogranite (mafic facies) and the Fork Monzogranite.  Age: 495+/-4 Ma.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Abbott gabbro|68042|||Abbott Granite|68334|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|60847||||||Probably misspelt version of Abbot Gabbro-Dolomite or Abbot Granite?|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Abbott granite|68336|||Abbott Granite|68334|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|60868|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Abraxas Formation|37964|||Abraxas Ultramafic Gneiss|37977|No|Formation, beds|Misspelt|Variation of published name|Not recorded|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|||||||Should be Abraxas Ultramafic Gneiss.  Misstyped during data entry.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Abraxas Ultramafic Gneiss|37977|||Abraxas Ultramafic|37986|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Resvd name published|Defined|||||Paleoproterozoic|||||Paleoproterozoic|||||||ATA|Yes|||Snape, I.|31-JAN-03|||Defined, but published as Abraxas Ultramafic.|Coarse-grained clinopyroxene-orthopyroxene-hornblende-plagioclase cumulates||||N||17-JAN-23
Admiralty Granites|69769|||Admiralty Intrusive Complex|137|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Carboniferous|||||Devonian||||||||No|61368||||||See also Admiralty granites, Admiralty Intrusives and Admiralty Intrusive Complex.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Admiralty Intrusive|69343|||Admiralty Intrusive Complex|137|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|61150||||||Mentioned.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Admiralty Intrusives|138|||Admiralty Intrusive Complex|137|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Fully described||||||||||||||||||No|37383||||||Name possibly should be Admiralty Intrusive Complex?  In northern Victoria Land, in Antarctica.|Locally abundant microgranular mafic enclaves.||||Y||17-JAN-23
Admiralty granites|139|||Admiralty Intrusive Complex|137|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|30312||||||See also Admiralty Granites.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Admiralty intrusives|68036|||Admiralty Intrusive Complex|137|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Devonian|||||Devonian||||||||No|60845||||||Replacement name possibly should be Admiralty Intrusive Complex? See also Admiralty Intrusives.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Allison Quartzo-feldspathic Gneiss|81871|Allison quartzo-feldspathic gneiss|80852|Allison Gneiss|80817|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|72004|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Allison quartzo-feldspathic gneiss|80852|||Allison Gneiss|80817|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Brattstrand paragneiss sequence|80859||||||||||||||||No|72003|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Amery Formation|27317|||Amery Group|28326|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Described|||||Permian||||deposition|Permian||||||||No|44990|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Amery Group""|364|||Amery Group|28326|No|Group, Suite|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|33786|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Amery Peaks basalt|38386|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Paleozoic||||eruption|Paleozoic||||||||No|23845||||||May not be intended as a formal name?|||||N||17-JAN-23
Amery Series|365|||Amery Group|28326|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|33222||||||Historic name for Amery Formation which later was upgraded to Amery Group.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Amundsen Tholeiites|28327|||||No|Formation, beds|Formal|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|37778||||||Probably not intended as a formal name, and may refer to Amundsen Formation, or part of it, or rocks associated with it? See also Amundsen dyke swarm.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Amundsen dykes|81886|Amundsen Dykes|21131|Amundsen dyke swarm|78859|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Proterozoic|1190|200|isotopic, Rb/Sr||Proterozoic||||||||No|1339|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Arena Erosion Surface|567|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Described||||||||||||||||||No|36977||||||Probably refers to erosion surface of the Arena Sandstone? And probably not intended as a formal name.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Arena sandstone|569|||Arena Sandstone|568|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36723|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Astronomov Series|38383|||||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Mesoproterozoic|||||Mesoproterozoic||||||||No|23845||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Athos Series|38377|||||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Mesoproterozoic|||||Mesoproterozoic||||||||No|23845||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Aurora Peak gneiss|768|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|37160||||||May not have been intended as a formal name? Adelie Land.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Aviator Agmatites|81472|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned|Wilson Metamorphic Complex|68404||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Unlikely to be in Australian Antarctic Territory. Place name well into NZ territory. Geological province: Wilson Terrane. Of the Wilson metamorphic complex.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Aztec siltstone|823|||Aztec Siltstone|822|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36723|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Baimedar Coal Measures""|886|||Bainmedart Coal Measures|893|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|31617||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Bainmedart Coal Measures""|892|||Bainmedart Coal Measures|893|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|29757|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Bainmedart Coal measures|894|||Bainmedart Coal Measures|893|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|29757|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Bainmedart Formation|38365|Bainmedart Suite|38364|||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Described|Bainmedart Coal Measures|893|||Permian||||deposition|Permian||||||||No|23845||||||Previously  known as Bainmedart Suite (Ravich, 1977).|||||N||17-JAN-23
Bainmedart Suite|38364|||Bainmedart Coal Measures|893|No|Group, Suite|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Permian|||||Permian||||||||No|23845||||||Also referred to as Bainmedart Formation (Mond, 1972).  This nomenclature used by Ravich et al (1977).|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Bainmedart coal measures|895|||Bainmedart Coal Measures|893|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|29757|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Bainmedart coals|896|||Bainmedart Coal Measures|893|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|41480|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Bayliss granite|34867|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|23011|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Beacon "sandstone"|1300|||Beacon Supergroup|27332|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36992|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Beacon Formation|32721|||Beacon Supergroup|27332|No|Formation, beds|Obsolete|Variation of published name|Not recorded|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|44990||||||Used 1959. Superseded by Beacon Supergroup?|||||N||17-JAN-23
Beacon Group|1301|Beacon Sandstone|28356|Beacon Supergroup|27332|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Fully described||||||||||||||||||No|36981|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Beacon Heights orthoquartzite|1303|||Beacon Heights Orthoquartzite|1302|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Described||||||||||||||||||No|36723|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Beacon Sandstone|28356|Beacon sandstone|1313|Beacon Supergroup|27332|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|44990||||||Used 1914.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Beacon Sandstone Formation|1306|||Beacon Supergroup|27332|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36984|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Beacon Sandstone Group|1307|||Beacon Supergroup|27332|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36984|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Beacon Sandstone Series|1308|||Beacon Supergroup|27332|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|37147|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Beacon Sandstone""|1309|||Beacon Supergroup|27332|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|41430|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Beacon Sub-Group|1310|||Beacon Supergroup|27332|No|Subgroup|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|30508|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Beacon Super-Group|1311|||Beacon Supergroup|27332|No|Supergroup|Misspelt|Unknown or process pending|Described||||||||||||||||||No|36858|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Beacon group|1312|||Beacon Group|1301|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|30312|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Beacon sandstone|1313|||Beacon Sandstone|28356|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|37382|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Beaver Complex|38370|||||No|Group, Suite|Formal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Neoproterozoic|||||Neoproterozoic||||||||No|23845|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Big Ben lava|1583|||Big Ben Volcanics|70694|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Fully described|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|36975||||||Fully described. Heard Island.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Black Spider Greenschists|81469|||||No|Member, phase|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Molar Formation|12031||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Not in Australian Antarctic Territory. Bowers Terrain.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Blundell Granitic Orthogneiss|81870|Blundell Orthogneiss|80831|Blundell Orthogneiss|80831|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|72004|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Blundell orthogneiss|80843|||Blundell Orthogneiss|80831|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|72003|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Boreas Subgreywacke|2326|||Boreas Subgreywacke Member|2325|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|38061|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Boreas Subgreywacke Formation|2324|||Boreas Subgreywacke Member|2325|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36977|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Boreas Tilloid|2327|||Boreas Subgreywacke Member|2325|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|38061|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Boreas subgreywacke member|2328|||Boreas Subgreywacke Member|2325|No|Member, phase|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36723|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Bowers Group|2420|||Bowers Supergroup|2424|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Defined|||||Late Cambrian|||||Late Cambrian|||||||ATA|No|33220|37278|||||Defined, but unlikely to occur in Australian Antarctic Territory. Part of Bowers Terrane in NZ Territory, northern Victoria Land. VIC & TAS originally  (probably wrongly) listed, as well as ATA.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Bowers Super Group|2423|||Bowers Supergroup|2424|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|47036|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Bowes Group|2425|||Bowers Group|2420|No|Group, Suite|Probably misspelt|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|37461|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Brattsrand Paragneiss|80985|Brattstrand Paragneiss|80809|Brattstrand Paragneiss|80809|No|Formation, beds|Misspelt|Variation of published name|Described||||||||||||||||||No|||||||Indexing error. Do not QA unless published this way.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Brattstrand Bluff migmatitic paragneisses|68010|||Brattstrand Paragneiss|80809|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|24527||||||Associated with the Amanda Granite on the Brattstrand Bluff coastline. Mentioned|||||N||17-JAN-23
Brattstrand paragneiss sequence|80859|||||No|Group, Suite|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Neoproterozoic|||||Neoproterozoic||||||||No|72003|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Brawhm Sandstone|2513|||Brawhm Sandstone Member|2512|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|37970|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Broknes paragneiss|80848|||Broknes Paragneiss|80821|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Brattstrand paragneiss sequence|80859||||||||||||||||No|72003|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Browning mafites""|68339|||||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|60868||||||Of Skinner (1987). Parts of these are superseded by Russell Gabbro; parts correlate with the mafic facies of Abbott and Vegetation Units, namely, the Abbott Gabbro-Diorite and the Vegetation Monzodiorite.  Briefly described.|Gabbro to diorite in composition.||||Y||17-JAN-23
Buckeye Tillite|2788|||Buckeye Formation|28408|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|38061|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Buckley Coal Measures|2797|||||No|Formation, beds|Obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|37446||||||Superseded by Buckley Formation and Fairchild Formation|||||N||17-JAN-23
Buckley Island limestone|2801|||||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36992|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Bunger Hills trachybasalt|3007|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|39314|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Bunger Peak paragneiss|80853|||Bunger Peak Paragneiss|80816|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Brattstrand paragneiss sequence|80859||||||||||||||||No|72003|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Canwe Granodiorite""|68340|||||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Other new published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|60868||||||Of Skinner (1987).  Superseded Parts roughly correlate with the main tonalitic mass of Confusion Tonalite (Confusion Unit of the Terra Nova Intrusive Complex). Parts correlate with Fork Monzogranite (Abbott Unit).|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Cape Denison granitic orthogneiss|68040|||Cape Denison Amphibolites|3487|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|60848||||||Probably refers to the Cape Denison Amphibolites.  Mentioned.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Cape Hallett lavas|3491|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|30312|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Cape Hallett volcanics|3492|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|37818|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Cape Hunter phyllite|68039|||Cape Hunter Phyllite|68054|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|60848|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Carapace Formation|3568|||Carapace Sandstone|3570|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36984|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Carapace Sandstone Formation|3569|||Carapace Sandstone|3570|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|41030|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Carapace Sandstones Formation|73184|||Carapace Sandstone|3570|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|63216|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Carapace beds|3571|||Carapace Sandstone|3570|No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|36984|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Carryer Formation|3695|||Carryer Conglomerate|3694|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|37278|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Charnockite Peninsula|21485|||||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Reserved|Not recorded|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|||Sheraton J.|07-OCT-92||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Chelnok supracrustal assemblage|3945|||Chelnok Paragneiss|37968|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Other new published name|Described|||||Archean|||||Archean||||||||No|42362||||||Described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Chelnok supracrustals|38397|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Archean|||||Archean||||||||No|23845||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Christmas Point"" pegmatite|4049|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Described|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|36792||||||Described.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Coats Land rhyolite porphyries|4223|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|39003|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Commonwealth Bay pegmatites|4400|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|39003|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Condon Series|4422|||||No|Formation, beds|Obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|36511|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Crashsite Group|79146|Crashsite Quartzite|4850|||No|Group, Suite|Formal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Ordovician|||||Late Cambrian||||||||No|68314||||||See also Crashsite Quartzite. Ellsworth-Whitmore Terrane, not Australian Antarctic territory. Unconformably overlies Minaret Group. Correlates with Castlemaine Group (Vic).|Quartz-rich sandstone, conglomerate and mudstone.|siliciclastic sedimentary rock|||N||17-JAN-23
Crashsite Quartzite Formation|4849|||Crashsite Quartzite|4850|No|Formation, beds|Formal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|40135|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Cressey Schists|79147|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||Cambrian|514|4|isotopic, U/Pb-Pb/Pb, TIMS||Cambrian|514|4|isotopic, U/Pb-Pb/Pb, TIMS|||||No|68314|||||| U-Pb TIMS zircon age: 514 +/- 4 Ma (Van Schmus et al., 1997). Queen Maud Mountains, not Australian Territory.|Metavolcanic rocks.|metamorphosed igneous rock|||N||17-JAN-23
Crooked Lake Gneiss Group|37980|||Crooked Lake Gneiss|4934|No|Group, Suite|Informal|Variation of published name|Described|||||Paleoproterozoic|2475||inferred, isotopic correlation||Paleoproterozoic|2493||inferred, isotopic correlation|||||No|24319||||||See also Crooked Lake Gneiss.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Crooked Lake Gneisses|67854|||Crooked Lake Gneiss|4934|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Archean|2480||||Archean|2500|||||||No|24525||||||In the Vestfold Block.  Age: 2500-2480Ma. Not intended as a formal name.|Varied group of granitic to gabbroic magmatic rocks.||||N||17-JAN-23
Crooked Lake Group|37987|||Crooked Lake Gneiss Group|37980|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|24319|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Crooked Lake gneiss|4935|||Crooked Lake Gneiss|4934|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Described|||||Archean|2462||||Archean|2511|||||||No|38828|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Crooked Lake orthogneiss|4936|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39758||||||Probably superseded by Rybnaya, Soldat or Platcha Orthogneiss of the Crooked Lake Gneiss Group.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Crooked Lake tonalites|4937|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39758||||||probably superseded by parts of the Cooked Lake Gneiss Group.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Crousa Downs Gabbro|4946|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|37160|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Dalkoy Granite|68011|||Dålkoy Granite|80863|No|Formation, beds|Formal|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||Cambrian|501|11|isotopic, U/Pb-Pb/Pb ion probe|metamorphism|Cambrian|543|6|isotopic, U/Pb-Pb/Pb ion probe|||||No|72006||||||ASCII version of  Dålkoy Granite. I-type granite.|Medium grained biotite grey granite, well foliated, accessory minerals magnetite, apatite, monazite, zircon.
|acid intrusive rock|||Y||17-JAN-23
Dalkoy granite|80835|||Dålkoy Granite|80863|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|72005||||||See also ASCII version Dalkoy Granite.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Dart Fields Conglomerate|5236|||Dart Fields Conglomerate Member|29677|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|42299|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Dessent Formation|81470|Dessent Schists|69770|||No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Mentioned|Wilson Metamorphic Complex|68404||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Geological province: Wilson Terrane. Location of place name (Dessent Ridge), makes this unit unlikely to be found in Australian Antarctic Territory.
|||||N||17-JAN-23
Dessent Unit|81471|Dessent Schists|69770|||No|Formation, beds|Misspelt|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Geological province: Wilson Terrane. Location of place name (Dessent Ridge), makes this unit unlikely to be found in Australian Antarctic Territory.
|||||N||17-JAN-23
Dick formation|5461|||Dick Formation|5460|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|42302|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Donovan prismatine leucogneiss|80857|||Donovan Prismatine Leucogneiss|80811|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Brattstrand paragneiss sequence|80859|||Neoproterozoic|||||Neoproterozoic||||||||No|72003|||||||Leucocratic prismatine tourmaline bearing quartzose gneiss, minor cordierite.||||N||17-JAN-23
Douglas Formation|5662|||Douglas Conglomerate|5659|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described|||||Early Cambrian||||deposition|Early Cambrian||||||||No|37912|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Douglas formation|24928|||Douglas Formation|5662|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|42302|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Dragon's Teeth Member|73940|||Dragons Teeth Member|73939|No|Member, phase|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Permian||||deposition|Permian||||||||No|61317|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Drygalski Agglomerate|5722|||Drygalski Formation|5724|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||Quaternary|||||Quaternary||||||||No|37194||||||Heard Island.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Drygalski Agglomerates|5723|Drygalski agglomerates|5725|Drygalski Formation|5724|No|Formation, beds|Formal|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described|||||Quaternary|||||Quaternary||||||||No|36975||||||Heard Island.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Drygalski agglomerates|5725|||Drygalski Formation|5724|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||Quaternary|||||Quaternary||||||||No|37193||||||Heard island.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Dufek Intrusion|76266|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||Jurassic|||||Jurassic||||||||No|42501||||||Pensacola Mountains. Included in Ji - mafic intrusive rocks. Tholeiitic dolerite.|Tholeiitic dolerite.|basic intrusive rock|||Y||17-JAN-23
East Coast Microgabbro|70677|||East Coast Gabbro|70683|No|Formation, beds|Formal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Cenozoic||||intrusion|Cenozoic||||||||No|62441||||||Macquarie Island. Name used interchangeably with East Coast Gabbro in RefID: 62441. Data in GA TRIM file D2006-123339 suggests these are two distinct units.|Transitional zone of massive, fine- to medium-grained gabbro and sheeted dolerite dykes in varying proportions; with common screens of massive, coarse-grained gabbro|basic intrusive rock|||Y||17-JAN-23
Easther Island porphyroblastic gneiss|80854|||Easther Island Porphyroblastic Gneiss|80815|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Brattstrand paragneiss sequence|80859|||Neoproterozoic|||||Neoproterozoic||||||||No|72003|||||||Distinctive biotite-plagioclase grey gneiss with large (1-3cm) porphyroblasts of garnet and/or cordierite, typically with biotite absent halo. Locally with borosilicate mineralisation.||||N||17-JAN-23
Enderby Land granulite|6179|||Enderby Land Granulite|6178|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|40143|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Enderby Land tholeiite|28534|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39314||||||The name Enderby Land Granulite has priority for use. This name invalid.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Farnell Sandstone|6532|||Farnell Sandstone Member|24974|No|Formation, beds|Formal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|37970|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Feather Conglomerate|6559|Feather conglomerate|6561|Feather Sandstone|6560|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Fully described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|37061|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Feather conglomerate|6561|||Feather Conglomerate|6559|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36723|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Ferrar Basalt|6620|||||No|Formation, beds|Formal|Other new published name|Described|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|41480||||||The Ferrar Group is stated to be composed of dolerites and basalts - this may now form part of this group, with or without the same geographic prefix?|||||N||17-JAN-23
Ferrar Dolerite|26549|Ferrar dolerite|6625|||No|Formation, beds|Formal|Variation of published name|Described|||||Jurassic||||intrusion|Jurassic||||||||No|30312||||||Intrudes the Beacon Supergroup. The Ferrar Group is stated to be composed of dolerites and basalts - this may now form part of this group, with or without the same geographic prefix?|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Ferrar Dolerite Group|6621|||Ferrar Dolerite|26549|No|Group, Suite|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|40048|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Ferrar Dolerites|32903|||Ferrar Dolerite|26549|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|48855|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Ferrar Igneous Complex|74067|||||No|Group, Suite|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|63604||||||Probably more of a structural term. Or the name may refer to the Ferrar Supergroup - or the Ferrar Group may have been re-named?|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Ferrar basalts|40343|||Ferrar Basalt|6620|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|23932|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Ferrar dolerite|6625|||Ferrar Dolerite|26549|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|30312|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Ferrar dolerites|77738|Ferrar Dolerites|32903|Ferrar Dolerites|32903|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|64879|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Ferrar flood basalts|77711|||Ferrar Basalt|6620|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|60372|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Fisher Massif granitoids|34869|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|23011|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Fisher Massif tillite|38394|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Miocene||||deposition|Miocene||||||||No|23845||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Flagstone Bench Formation""|6723|||Flagstone Bench Formation|6724|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|29757||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Flagstone Formation|38368|Flagstone Bench Formation|6724|Flagstone Bench Formation|6724|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Briefly described|Amery Group|28326|||Triassic||||deposition|Triassic||||||||No|23845||||||Of Aleksashin & Laiba (1991). Also known as Flagstone Suite (Ravich et al, 1977) and Flagstone Bench Formation (Mond, 1972, Mikhalsky et al, 2001)|||||N||17-JAN-23
Flagstone Suite|38367|Flagstone Bench Formation|6724|Flagstone Bench Formation|6724|No|Group, Suite|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|Amery Group|28326|||Triassic|||||Triassic||||||||No|23845||||||Of Ravich et al (1977). Also known as Flagstone Formation (Aleksashin & Laiba, 1977) and Flagstone Bench Formation (Mond, 1972;Mikhalsky et al, 2001).|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Fleming Formation|6741|Fleming formation|6746|Fleming Member|6742|No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36984|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Fleming beds|6745|||Fleming Member|6742|No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|36984|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Fleming formation|6746|||Fleming Formation|6741|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36723|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Ford Granodiorite Suites|81516|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|71100||||||Of Marie Byrd Land. Not Australian Antarctic Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Fortress Formation|6840|||Altar Mountain Formation|25759|No|Formation, beds|Formal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36977|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Fortress Formation""|6839|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|41430|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Fortress Sandstone|6842|||||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36984||||||See Fortress Formation & Altar Mountain Formation|||||N||17-JAN-23
Fossil Bluff Series|78488|Fossil Bluff Formation|6845|||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Lower Cretaceous|||||Lower Cretaceous||||||||No|66189||||||Of Taylor 1967 (RefID 66189, 2010). See also Fossil Bluff Formation.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Fyfe Hills orthogneiss|83868|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Archean|2514||||Archean|2741|||magmatic crystallisation||||No|67622||||||East Antarctica. Inherited zircons aged 2580 Ma. Zircons have metamorphic overgrowths or recrystallisations at >2518 Ma. This is more of a sample description, than a stratigraphic unit. The 'orthogneisses at the Fyfe Hills'.|Orthogneiss.||||Y||08-AUG-23
Gallipoli Volcanics|69771|||||No|Formation, beds|Formal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Carboniferous||||eruption|Devonian||||||||No|61368||||||Coeval with Admiralty Granites.  At the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Gambacorta Formation|28562|Gambacorta formation|6971|||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||Ordovician||||deposition|Middle Cambrian|501|3|isotopic, U/Pb-Pb/Pb, TIMS|deposition||||No|42302||||||Eastern Neptune Range, not Australian Antarctic territory.|Includes felsic lavas.|acid volcanic rock|||N||17-JAN-23
Gambacorta formation|6971|||Gambacorta Formation|28562|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|40135|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Gaussberg lava|7053|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Described|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|36176||||||Not intended as a formal name.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Gentner Metapsammite|81872|Gentner metapsammite|80847|Gentner Psammite|80822|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|72004|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Gentner metapsammite|80847|||Gentner Psammite|80822|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Brattstrand paragneiss sequence|80859|||Neoproterozoic|||inferred||Neoproterozoic|||inferred|||||No|72003|||||||Quartz-feldspathic psammite, with variable garnet and biotite. May contain small pods of sillimanite-spinel/magnetite and pods/lenses of hornblende-plagioclase metabasite.|metasedimentary siliciclastic rock|||N||17-JAN-23
Glasgow Formation|7316|||Glasgow Volcanics|7317|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Described|Bowers Supergroup|2424|||||||deposition|||||||||No|39015||||||In the Bowers terrane. In NZ Antartcic territory not in Australian Antarctic Territory.
|Thick olivine basalt and andesitic lavas, pillow lavas and agglomerates.||||N||17-JAN-23
Glasgow Volcanic Formation|75782|||Glasgow Volcanics|7317|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|65315|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Glasgow basalt|31372|||Glasgow Volcanics|7317|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|43560||||||Probably the same as Glasgow Volcanics.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Glenelg River metagreywacke|81473|Glenelg River Metamorphic Complex|7400|||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|70840|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Glossopteris Sandstone|7450|||Glossopteris Gully Member|73941|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|32273|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Grace Lake gneiss|29937|||Grace Lake Granodioritic Gneiss|37969|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|43052||||||Variation on Grace Lake Granodiorite? Vestfold Hills.|||||U||17-JAN-23
Grace Lake granodiorite|7655|||Grace Lake Granodiorite|7654|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|42362|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Grainger member|73943|||Grainger Member|73942|No|Member, phase|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|61317|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Granite Harbor granites|83699|Granite Harbour Intrusives|7687|Granite Harbour Intrusives|7687|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Cambrian|485||inferred||Cambrian|504||inferred|||||No|73430||||||Granites in the Granite Harbour area, Northern Victoria Land. Ar-Ar hornblende and muscovite cooling ages in the range 488?482 Ma range (Goodge and Dallmeyer (1996).|||||N||30-JAN-23
Granite Harbour Igneous Complex|77739|Granite Harbour Intrusive Complex|7686|Granite Harbour Intrusives|7687|No|Group, Suite|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Late Cambrian|||||Late Cambrian||||||||No|64879|||||||Consists largely of coarse-grained granite and granodiorite and contains minor diorite and tonalite plutons and dykes.|acid intrusive rock|||Y||17-JAN-23
Granite Harbour Intrusive Complex|7686|Granite Harbour Intrusives|7687|Granite Harbour Intrusives|7687|No|Group, Suite|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||Ordovician|450||||Cambrian|520|||||||No|40135||||||Variation on Granite Harbour Intrusives.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Grove Mountains gneisses|68017|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|24527||||||Probably an informal name?  See also Grove Mountains granite.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Grovnes Orthogneiss|80841|Grovnes orthogneiss|80840|Grovness Orthogneiss|80825|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|72004|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Grovnes orthogneiss|80840|||Grovness Orthogneiss|80825|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Mesoproterozoic|||||Mesoproterozoic||||||||No|72003|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Grovness Enderbite|81876|||Grovness Orthogneiss|80825|No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Variation of published name|Described||||||||||||||||||No|72005|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Grovness opx-tonalite|81877|||Grovness Orthogneiss|80825|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|72005||||||See also Grovness Enderbite.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Hallett Volcanic Suite|81474|||||No|Group, Suite|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Unlikely to be found Australian Territory. Occurs in NZ Antarctic territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Handler Formation|81475|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Robertson Bay Group|16174||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||In Robertson Bay Terrane, northern Victoria land, NZ Antartic Territory, not in Australian Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Hannah-Ridge Formation|81476|Hannah Ridge Formation|79149|||No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Eastern Neptune Range, not Australian Antarctic territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Hart ash|68720|||Hart Ash|68719|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Pliocene|||||Pliocene||||||||No|24459||||||Age: 3.9+/-0.3Ma.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Heimdall erosion surface|8252|||Heimdall Erosion Surface|8251|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|37896|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Heimdall glaciomarine diamicton|68716|||Heimdall Glaciomarine Diamicton|68715|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Neogene|||||Neogene||||||||No|24459||||||Briefly described.  Maximum thickness: 0.75m.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Hells Gate Granite""|68394|||||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|60868||||||Of Skinner (1987). Parts correlate with Vegetation Leucogranite of the Vegetation Unit (Terra Nova Intrusive Complex).|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Humboldt complex|8565|||Humboldt Complex|8562|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|38052|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Hunt Nunataks alkali basalt|38388|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||Paleozoic||||eruption|Paleozoic||||||||No|23845||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Insel complex|8741|||Insel Complex|8740|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|38052|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Jason glaciomarine diamicton|68712|||Jason Glaciomarine Diamicton|68711|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Described|||||Neogene|||||Neogene||||||||No|24459||||||Described.  Presumed to be age 9+/-1.5Ma.|Varies from pebbly muddy sand to sandy mud, but is commonly pebbly sandy mud.  Not a true stratigraphic unit.||||N||17-JAN-23
Jetty Formation|29680|||Jetty Member|29679|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||70||No|43016||||||Of Traube (1991).|Contains olistoliths and conglomerate and breccia with very coarse debris material in middle part of the parent formation.||||N||17-JAN-23
Jetty member|73947|||Jetty Member|29679|No|Member, phase|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|61316||||||Informal - see Jetty Member.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Johnston orthogneiss|80839|||Johnston Orthogneiss|80826|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||Mesoproterozoic|||||Mesoproterozoic||||||||No|72003|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Kennack Gneisses""|9432|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|37160||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Kirkpatrick Basalt Formation|73182|||Kirkpatrick Basalt|9640|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Briefly described|Ferrar Group|6622|||||||deposition|||||||||No|63216|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Kirkpatrick Basalt Formations|73185|||Kirkpatrick Basalt|9640|No|Formation, beds|Misspelt|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|63216|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Kirkpatrick Basalt Group|9639|||Kirkpatrick Basalt|9640|No|Group, Suite|Probably obsolete|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|40048||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Kirkpatrick Basalt sediments|73186|||Kirkpatrick Basalt|9640|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|63216|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Kirkpatrick Basalts|9641|||Kirkpatrick Basalt|9640|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|36447|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Kirkpatrick Formation|9642|||Kirkpatrick Basalt|9640|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|41030||||||Same as Kirkpatrick Basalt?|||||N||17-JAN-23
Kirkpatrick basalts|77740|Kirkpatrick Basalts|9641|Kirkpatrick Basalt|9640|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|64879|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Kukri Surface|9868|||Kukri Erosion Surface|9867|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|37061||||||Regolith weathering surface, not stratigraphic unit.|||||N||17-JAN-23
La Gorce Formation|81455|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Of Scott Glacier area. in NZ Antarctic Territorym not Australian Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Lake Ferris metapelite|80846|||Lake Ferris Metapelite|80823|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Brattstrand paragneiss sequence|80859|||Neoproterozoic|||||Neoproterozoic||||||||No|72003|||||||Dark garnet+sillimanite+biotite metapelite, with spinel and magnetite variably present. Rare cordierite. Unit hosts cm scale discontinous K-felspar leucosomes. Rare clots of pure sillimanite <0.5m diameter.||||N||17-JAN-23
Lambert Complex|38016|||||No|Group, Suite|Formal|Other new published name|Described|||||Archean|||||Archean||||||||No|23845|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Lambert Group|80612|Lambert Complex|38016|||No|Formation, beds|Invalid|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Archean|||||Archean||||||||No|63651||||||Part of the Lambert Complex. Age: c.2100-?1000Ma. Geological Province: Ruker Province. Metasedimentary rocks.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Lambert Series|38375|||||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|23845||||||Originally named by Ravich et al(1978).  Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Landing Bluff Adamellite|23713|||Landing Bluff Granite|10141|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|38828||R.J.Tingey|13-AUG-73||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Landing Bluff granite|10142|||Landing Bluff Granite|10141|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|41162|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Landing Bluff granitoid suite|81878|Landing Bluff Granite|10141|Landing Bluff Granite|10141|No|Group, Suite|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|72005|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Lanterman Conglomerate|73008|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|63155||||||In the Bowers Terrane, NZ Antarctic territory. Probably refers to part of the Lanterman Metamorphics?|Highly deformed greenschist-facies metaconglomerate with felsic composition.||||N||17-JAN-23
Lanterman Metamorphic Complex|10180|||||No|Group, Suite|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|41366||||||Probably more of a structural term than stratigraphic. Unlikely to be in Australian Antarctic Territory. Place name in Northern Vicoria Land, NZ Antarctic Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Lanterman Ranges amphibolite|73109|||Lanterman Metamorphics|10181|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|23326||||||Unlikely to be in Australian Antarctic Territory. Place name in Northern Vicoria Land, NZ Antarctic Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Lanterman eclogites|68041|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|60847||||||Probably refers to rocks of the Lanterman Metamorphic Complex?  Rocks are situated at the Wilson-Bower Terrane Transition. Unlikely to be in Australian Antarctic Territory. Place name in Northern Vicoria Land, NZ Antarctic Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Larsemann Hills paragneiss|80862|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|72006||||||Includes zircon grains with cores  1200-600 Ma. [Probably 'a paragneiss in the Larsemann Hills' rather than formal unit name intended.]|||||N||17-JAN-23
Larsemann Series|28670|||||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Other new published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|42299||||||Originally mapped by Ravich et al (1978).|||||N||17-JAN-23
Lashley Formation|10200|||Lashly Formation|10201|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|37970|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Lashly formation|10202|||Lashly Formation|10201|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36723|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Laurens Peninsula limestone|79449|Laurens Peninsula Limestones|10237|Laurens Peninsula Limestones|10237|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Eocene||||deposition|Eocene||||||||No|70603||||||Informal name, Heard Island. Age apparently greater than depositional hiatus (from 23 to 15 Ma), based on ODP records, and certainly greater than trachytic dyke HB-5: 783 +/-32 Ka (Ar/Ar).|||||N||17-JAN-23
Leap Year Formation|27819|||Leap Year Group|10278|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|37278||||||Probably superseded by Leap Year Group.  Bowers Terrane in Northern Victoria Land, NZ Antarctic Territory not Australian Antarctic Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Leap Year Sandstone|10279|||Leap Year Group|10278|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|37278||||||Bowers Terrane in Northern Victoria Land, NZ Antarctic Territory not Australian Antarctic Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Macquarie Island ophiolite|40187|||Macquarie Island Ophiolite Complex|10962|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Described||||||||||||||||||No|49914||||||A unique ophiolite occurrence on Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean ~1599km south-southeast of Tasmania.  Age: 12-9.5m.y.  Described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Malta Volcanic Suite|81456|||||No|Group, Suite|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Associated with Cenozoic magmatism at the Ross Sea margin. In Northern Victoria Land, NZ Antarctic Territory not Australian Antarctic Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Mariner Formation|11308|||Mariner Group|11309|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Fully described|||||Ordovician||||deposition|Late Cambrian||||||||No|36721||||||Geological province: Bowers Terrane. In Northern Victoria Land, NZ Antarctic Territory not Australian Antarctic Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Mariner Formation""|11307|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|36721|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Mawson Granite|25217|||Mawson Charnockite|11477|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|44990|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Mawson Tillite""|28733|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Described||||||||||||||||||No|38024||||||Described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Mawson charnockite|11481|||Mawson Charnockite|11477|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Fully described|||||Mesoproterozoic||||intrusion|Mesoproterozoic||||||||No|31660|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Mawson diamictite|11482|||Mawson Diamictite|11478|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Described||||||||||||||||||No|38024|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Mawson orthogneiss|74093|||Mawson Orthogneiss|38265|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Archean|3170||||Archean|3190|||||||No|63651||||||Oldest exposed unit in the Ruker Province.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Maya Arkose|11491|||Maya Arkose Member|11490|No|Formation, beds|Formal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|36977|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Maya erosion surface|11493|||Maya Erosion Surface|11492|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|37970||||||Regolith weathering surface, not stratigraphic unit.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Meander Granite and Syenite|81457|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Associated with Cenozoic magmatism at the Ross Sea margin. In Northern Victoria Land, NZ Antarctic Territory not Australian Antarctic Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Melbourne Volcanic Province|68405|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|McMurdo Volcanic Group|11572|||Quaternary||||eruption|Quaternary||||||||No|60869||||||Presented as a subdivision of the McMurdo Volcanic Group (Western Ross Supergroup) - probably an informal name.  Associated with Cenozoic magmatism at the Ross Sea margin. In Northern Victoria Land, NZ Antarctic Territory not Australian Antarctic Territory.|Small monogenetic scoria cones of Quaternary age.||||N||17-JAN-23
Melbourne Volcanic Suite|81458|||||No|Group, Suite|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Associated with Cenozoic magmatism at the Ross Sea margin. In Northern Victoria Land, NZ Antarctic Territory not Australian Antarctic Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Menzies Group|74094|||||No|Group, Suite|Formal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Archean|||||Archean||||||||No|63651||||||Age: <3170Ma. In the Ruker Province. Included in the Tingey Complex.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Menzies Series|11651|||||No|Formation, beds|Obsolete|Other new published name|Described||||||||||||||||||No|33222||||||One of three tectonostratigraphic units of metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks of the Ruker Terrane; the other two are Ruker and Sodruzhestvo Series.|Quartzites, pelitic and calcareous metasediments and amphibolites.||||N||17-JAN-23
Menzies Series metamorphics|38371|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|23845||||||Informal name - see Menzies Series.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Menzies supracrustals|38903|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Paleoproterozoic|||||Archean||||||||No|23845||||||Of Kamenev et al (1993).  Part of the now obsolete Menzies Series.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Menzies"" series|11652|||Menzies Series|11651|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|33222|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Metschel Formation|83881|Metschel Tillite|11746|||No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Permian|||||Carboniferous||||||||No|69415||||||Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Probably not in Australian Antarctic Territory, but NZ instead.|Glacial tillites.|medium-coarse grained siliciclastic rock|||N||08-AUG-23
Metschel tillite|11747|||Metschel Tillite|11746|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36723|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Millen Range Schists|78299|||Millen Schists|78298|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|67104||||||Name used interchangeably with Millen Schists in article (RefID 67104). Correct version of name unclear. In Northern Victoria Land, NZ Antarctic Territory not Australian Antarctic Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Millen Schists|78298|||Millen Schist|81459|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|67104||||||Name used interchangeably with Millen Range Schists in article (RefID 67104). Correct version of name unclear.  In Northern Victoria Land, NZ Antarctic Territory not Australian Antarctic Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Morozumi Adamellite|12352|||Morozumi Granite|12353|No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|37278||||||Unclear whether or not this is in Australian Antarctic Territory.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Mossel gneiss|12419|||Mossel Gneiss|12418|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Described|||||Archean|||||Archean||||||||No|38828||||||Described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Mossel granite|12420|||Mossel gneiss|12419|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|39758|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Mossel orthogneiss|12421|||Mossel gneiss|12419|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39758|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Mossel orthogneisses|38904|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|23845|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Mossel tonalite|12422|||Mossel gneiss|12419|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39758|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Mount Bayliss alkali melasyenite|12505|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39314|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Mount Bayliss granite|34868|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|23011||||||Meant as the granite at Mount Bayliss.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Mount Bayliss lamproite|38384|||Mount Bayliss Lamproite|38385|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Paleozoic||||eruption|Paleozoic||||||||No|23845||||||Briefly described.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Mount Bayliss melasyenite|12506|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39314|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Mount Rubin lamproite|38361|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|23845||||||Mentioned.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Mount Ruker granite|34866|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||Archean||||intrusion|Archean||||||||No|23011||||||Age: approx.3000Ma|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Mount Ruker jaspilite|38373|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|23845||||||Mentioned.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Mount Rymill granite|38181|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|23845||||||Mentioned.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Mount Sones granodioritic orthogneiss|13105|||Mount Sones orthogneiss|83942|No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|40047||||||||acid intrusive rock|||Y||07-AUG-23
Mount Webster Granite (ANT)|79177|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||Late Cambrian||||magmatic crystallisation|Late Cambrian|494|3|isotopic, U/Pb-Pb/Pb, TIMS|||||No|68314||||||Queen Maud Mountains, not Australian Antarctic territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Mount Willing gabbro|38182|||Mount Willing Gabbro|22452|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|23845||||||Mentioned.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Mount Willing plagiogneisses|38380|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|23845||||||Mentioned.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Napier Complex gneiss|13803|||Napier Complex|13810|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39378|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Napier Complex granulite|13804|||Napier Complex|13810|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|40143||||||Briefly described|||||N||17-JAN-23
Napier Complex metamorphics|13805|||Napier Complex|13810|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|38828|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Napier Complex metapelite|13806|||Napier Complex|13810|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|46966|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Napier Complex orthogneiss|13807|||Napier Complex|13810|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39758|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Napier Complex tonalite|28849|||Napier Complex|13810|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39378|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Napier Complex tonalitic and granodiorit|13808|||Napier Complex|13810|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39378|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Napier Complex tonalitic gneiss|13809|||Napier Complex|13810|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39378|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Napier Granite|13812|Napier granite|13816|Napier Complex|13810|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|40143||||||Briefly described. Superseded or different units?|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Napier Metamorphic Complex|13814|Napier metamorphic complex|13818|Napier Complex|13810|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|35795|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Napier complex|25327|||Napier Complex|13810|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|36792|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Napier granite|13816|||Napier Granite|13812|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|39378|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Napier granodiorite|13817|||Napier Complex|13810|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|39378|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Napier metamorphic complex|13818|||Napier Metamorphic Complex|13814|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39439|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Napier tonalite|13819|||Napier Complex|13810|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39378|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Nella mafic-granulite|80838|||Nella Mafic Granulite|80827|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||Mesoproterozoic|||||Mesoproterozoic||||||||No|72003|||||||Dark orthopyroxene-clinopyroxene-plagioclase mafic granulite, locally hornblende bearing, minor magnetite, biotite, titanite and zircon.||||N||17-JAN-23
New Mountain sandstone|14064|||New Mountain Sandstone|14062|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36723|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Nilsson Rocks metagabbros|38381|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|23845||||||Mentioned.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Nye Series|14429|||||No|Formation, beds|Obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|36511|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Odin Arkose|14494|||Odin Arkose Member|14492|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|38061|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Odin Arkose member|14493|||Odin Arkose Member|14492|No|Member, phase|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36723|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Olympus granite gneiss|14570|||Olympus Granite Gneiss|14569|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|37969|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Oygarden Group|67855|||||No|Group, Suite|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|24525||||||In the Rayner Province, Kemp Land. A group of islands, not a stratigraphic unit !.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Pagodroma Tillite|14775|||Bardin Bluffs Formation|38392|No|Formation, beds|Formal|Unknown or process pending|Fully described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|38040|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Pagpdroma Group|36082|||||No|Group, Suite|Misspelt|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Pleistocene|||||Pleistocene||||||||No|23434||||||Probably shoud be Pagodroma Group.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Panorama Point Beds|29678|||Panorama Point beds|14835|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|43016|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Patuxent Formation|81462|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Not  in Australian Antarctic Territory, in Pensalola Mountains on the other side of Antarctica.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Pecten gravels|68709|||Prospect Mesa gravels|68708|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||Late Miocene||||deposition|Late Miocene||||||||No|24459||||||Of Nichols (1961 and 1971). Informal names for both Pecten and Prospect mesa gravels. Wright Valley, Transantarctic Mountains.  - outside Australian Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Peleus till|68714|||Peleus Till|68713|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Described|||||Neogene|||||Neogene||||||||No|24459|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Pointe Geologie garnet psammite|68068|||Pointe Geologie Migmatite|68067|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Paleoproterozoic|||||Paleoproterozoic||||||||No|24526||||||Briefly described.  See also Pointe Geologie metapelite and Pointe Geologie migmatite.|Paragneiss.||||N||17-JAN-23
Pointe Geologie migmatite|68069|||Pointe Geologie Migmatite|68067|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Paleoproterozoic|||||Paleoproterozoic||||||||No|24526||||||Mentioned.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Port Martin-Cape Denison Orthogneiss|68072|||Port Martin Orthogneiss|68071|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Paleoproterozoic|||||Archean||||||||No|24526||||||Mentioned.  Informal place name grouping - combining geographical areas of Port Martin and Cape Denison (Antarctica).  See also Port Martin-Cape Denison orthogneiss.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Port Martin-Cape Denison orthogneiss|68073|||Port Martin Orthogneiss|68071|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|24526||||||Informal name for rocks in combined geographical areas of Port Martin and Cape Denison (Antarctica).  See also Port Martin-Cape Denison Orthogneiss.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Porthos Series|38382|||||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|23845||||||Briefly described.  Of the Beaver-Lambert Terrane.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Prebble Conglomerate|15536|||Prebble Formation|15537|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|42674|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Priestley Formation|15578|Priestly Formation|15581|||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Described|Wilson Metamorphic Complex|68404|||||||deposition|||||||||No|42501||||||See also Priestly Formation, Priestley Schist.. Has the place name changed spelling? Probably not in Australian Antarctic Teritory, but in Ross Dependancy,  NZ territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Priestley Formation, Lower""|81466|Priestley Formation|15578|||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Probably not in Australian Antarctic Teritory, but in Ross Dependancy,  NZ territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Priestley Formation, Upper""|81467|Priestley Formation|15578|||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||||550|||||||No|70840||||||Probably not in Australian Antarctic Teritory, but in Ross Dependancy,  NZ territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Priestley Schist|81468|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|Wilson Metamorphic Complex|68404||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Geological province: Wilson Terrane. Informal, alternative nomenclature to Priestley Formation used once in text in this study (p428-429). Probably not in Australian Antarctic Teritory, but in Ross Dependancy,  NZ territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Prince Charles Mountain metamorphic comp|15589|||||No|Formation, beds|Misspelt|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|37878|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Prince Charles Mountains orthogneiss|15590|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39758||||||See also Prince Charles Mountain metamorphic complex|||||N||17-JAN-23
Proclamation Island granites|15612|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39378|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Proclomatiom Gneiss|15614|||Proclamation Gneiss|15609|No|Formation, beds|Misspelt|Variation of published name|Described||||||||||||||||||No|42675||||||Described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Progress granite|80836|Progress Granite|33895|Progress Granite|33895|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Described||||||516|7|isotopic, U/Pb-Pb/Pb ion probe|metamorphism|||||||||No|71999|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Progress microgranite dyke|80861|||microgranite dyke 80830|80830|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||Cambrian|||inferred||Cambrian|||inferred|||||No|72003|||||||Pink to orange fine to medium grained biotite syenogranite dyke, with accessory apatite, zircon and sillimanite.||||N||17-JAN-23
Prospect Formation|68710|||||No|Formation, beds|Formal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|24459||||||Refers to the whole sequence of Prospect Mesa sediments including the pebbly mud (Vucetich and Topping 1972). Bull Pass, Wright Valley,  Transantarctic Mountains. - outside Australian Territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Prospect Mesa gravels|68708|||Prospect Mesa Gravels|68717|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||Pliocene||||deposition|Pliocene||||||||No|24459||||||Briefly described.|Stratified sandy gravel containing pecten shells, previously referred to as Pecten gravels by Nichols (1961, 1971) - encased in stratified and massive pebbly mud.||||N||17-JAN-23
Prydz Bay paragneisses|68014|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|24527|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Radok Conglomerate""|15794|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|29757||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Radok Formation|38362|||Radok Conglomerate|15795|No|Formation, beds|Formal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Permian||||deposition|Cisuralian||||||||No|23845||||||Also known as Radok Suite (Ravich et al, 1977) and Radok Conglomerate.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Radok Lake polzenite|38389|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|23845||||||Mentioned.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Radok Lake tillite|38395|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Miocene||||deposition|Miocene||||||||No|23845||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Radok Suite|38363|||Radok Conglomerate|15795|No|Group, Suite|Formal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Permian|||||Cisuralian||||||||No|23845||||||Also known as Radok Formation (Aleksashin & Laiba, 1991) and Radok Conglomerate.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Raggatt Series|15796|Raggatt series|15798|||No|Formation, beds|Obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|40143|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Raggatt series|15798|||Raggatt Series|15796|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|40292|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Rauer Group|15858|||||No|Group, Suite|Invalid|Other new published name|Described||||||||||||||||||No|41162||||||All references attached to this 'name' are highly likely to be description of rocks on Rauer Group of islands rather than stratigraphic usage. See also Harley (1987) AJES 34(2), p175-207 for more information on this area. Rocks in the Rauer Group of islands are high-grade metamorphosed igneous and sedimentary gneisses and migmatites with a range of Archean and Proterozoic protolith ages, and evidence for multiple metamorphic events, making 'group' rather an inappropriate stratigraphic term for these rocks [advice from Ian Fitzsimons 27-Jan-2017]|||||N||17-JAN-23
Rauer granulites|69791|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|61540|||||||Mentioned in the context of garnet coronas in the calc-silicate granulites of the complex.||||N||17-JAN-23
Rauer group|69790|||Rauer Group|15858|No|Group, Suite|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|61540||||||In the northern Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica [?].|Mentioned in the context of garnet coronas in the calc-silicate granulites of the complex.||||N||17-JAN-23
Raver Group|33886|Rauer Group|15858|Rauer Group|15858|No|Group, Suite|Misspelt|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Mesoproterozoic|||||Mesoproterozoic||||||||No|||||||Indexing misspelling of group of Islands, not stratigraphic unit.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Rayner Complex""|15900|||||No|Group, Suite|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|41962|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Rayner Metamorphic Complex|15902|Rayner metamorphic complex|15904|Rayner Complex|15901|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|36511|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Rayner complex|28955|||Rayner Complex|15901|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|38052|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Rayner metamorphic complex|15904|||Rayner Metamorphic Complex|15902|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39439|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Reinbolt Series|38376|||||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|23845||||||Briefly described.  Originally mapped by Ravich et al (1978).|||||N||17-JAN-23
Rennick Group|16040|||||No|Group, Suite|Probably obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|48855||||||Superseded by Rennick Schist?|||||N||17-JAN-23
Rennick schists|16042|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39014|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Robison Peak Formation|16193|||Robinson Peak Formation|16190|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36858|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Ross complex|16365|||Ross Complex|16359|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|38052|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Ross leucogranites|68398|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Ordovician|||||Ordovician||||||||No|60868||||||Refers to late-Ross Orogeny dykes in Victoria Land (Antarctica).|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Rucker Banded Iron Formation|76751|||Ruker Complex|16434|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Proterozoic||||deposition|Proterozoic||||||||No|66525||||||Prince Charles Mountains area. 350 m in thickness. Associated with metabasic sills. Written as Rucker BIF. Misspelling of Mount Ruker jaspilite, Mount Ruker Complex?|||||N||17-JAN-23
Ruker Group|74095|||||No|Group, Suite|Formal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Archean|||||Archean||||||||No|63651||||||Age: <2500Ma. In the Ruker Province. Included in the Tingey Complex.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Ruker Series|38372|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Fully described|||||Paleoproterozoic|||||Archean||||||||No|23845||||||One of three tectonostratigraphic units of metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks of the Ruker Terrane; the other two are Menzies and Sodruzhestvo Series.|Mafic to felsic metavolcanic rocks and associated metadolerite sills, metapelitic schist, slate, phyllite and banded ironstone.||||N||17-JAN-23
Rumdoodle pegmatites|80860|||Rumdoodle Pegmatite|80828|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||Cambrian|||||Cambrian||||||||No|72003|||||||Microcline medium to course grained, variably foliated pegmatite. May contain tourmaline+quartz symplectites.||||N||17-JAN-23
Russell Gabbro|68399|||||No|Formation, beds|Formal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|Confusion Unit|34963|||Early Cambrian||||intrusion|Early Cambrian||||||||No|60868||||||Part of the Confusion Unit of the Terra Nova Intrusive Complex. Supersedes part of the "Browing mafites" (of Skinner 1987).  See also Russell gabbro.|Equigranular gabbros and diorites with high Colour Index (50-70), commonly associated with the Confusion Tonalite.||||Y||17-JAN-23
Russell gabbro|68400|||Russell Gabbro|68399|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|60868|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Rusty Gneiss''|82281|||Ives Paragneiss|76726|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||Mesoproterozoic|||||Paleoproterozoic||||||||No|73120|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Sandow Beds|16605|||||No|Formation, beds|Obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|38061||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Sirius Formation""|16945|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|40471|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Sirius formation (ANT)|16953|||Sirius Formation (ANT)|16946|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|40471|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Sledger Group|73009|||Sledgers Group|16997|No|Group, Suite|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|63155||||||Age for slate and siltstone samples: 470-413Ma.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Sledgers Formation|16996|||Sledgers Group|16997|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Fully described|||||Cambrian||||deposition|Cambrian||||||||No|36721|||||| Contains rhyolite clasts dated at 650 Ma (Cooper et a., 2011). Possibly correlable to 660 Ma deformed granites near Badger Head in northern Tasmania.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Sodrushestvo Series|17073|||||No|Formation, beds|Obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Described||||||||||||||||||No|33222||||||Described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Sodrushestvo"" series|25484|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|33222|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Sodruzhestvo Series|38374|||||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Variation of published name|Described|||||Proterozoic|||||Proterozoic||||||||No|23845||||||Variation on the spelling of Sodrushevto Series. One of three tectonostratigraphic units of metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks of the Ruker Terrane; the other two are Ruker and Menzies Series.|Calcareous schist, pelite, phyllite and slate, minor marble quartzite and conglomerate.||||N||17-JAN-23
Sodruzhestvo supracrustals|38378|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|23845||||||Originally classified by Soloviev (1972).|||||N||17-JAN-23
Sostrene Orthogneiss|80837|||Søstrene Orthogneiss|80829|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|72006||||||ASCII version of Søstrene Orthogneiss.|||||U||17-JAN-23
Soyuz Formation|73952|||Jetty Member|29679|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|61316||||||Of Turner (1993).|||||N||17-JAN-23
Stillwell Gneiss|26150|||Stillwell Orthogneiss|76732|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Defined|Oygarden Group|67855|||Eoarchean|3650||isotopic, U/Pb||Eoarchean|||||||ATA|No|48912|48912|||||Age ~ 3650 Ma. Oygarden area. Distinguished from the ~3490Ma Stilwell Hills Orthogneiss in Halpin et al (2007) [RefID 67485].?|||||N||17-JAN-23
Stillwell Hills Orthogneiss|78860|||Stillwell Orthogneiss|76732|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Paleoarchean|3490||isotopic, U/Pb||Paleoarchean||||||||No|67485||||||Of Halpin et al. 2005, 2007. Age ~3490 Ma. Distinguished from the ~3650 Ma Stillwell Gneiss?|||||N||17-JAN-23
Stillwell Island gneisses|17333|||||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|37160||||||Probably superseded by Stillwell Gneiss?|||||N||17-JAN-23
Stornesbukta metaquartzite|80851|||Stornesbukta Metaquartzite|80818|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Brattstrand paragneiss sequence|80859||||||||||||||||No|72003|||||||Interlayed package of garnet-biotite quartzites/psammites and Easther Island porphyroblastic gneiss.||||N||17-JAN-23
Stuwe Metapelite|81873|||Stüwe Metapelite|80824|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|72004||||||ASCII version of name.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Stuwe metapelite|80845|||Stüwe metapelite|80844|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Unpublished||||||||||||||||||No|||||||ASCII version of Stüwe metapelite.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Stüwe metapelite|80844|||Stüwe Metapelite|80824|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|Brattstrand paragneiss sequence|80859|||Neoproterozoic|||||Neoproterozoic||||||||No|72003|||||||Sillimanite dominated pelite, variable amounts of cordierite usually >25%, minor magnetite/spinel, isoclinally folded leucosomes of microcline. May contain clots of sillimanite.||||N||17-JAN-23
Surgeon Island granitoid|69341|||Surgeon Island Granite|69340|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|61150||||||Mentioned.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Tassie Tarn metaquartzite|80856|||Tassie Tarn Metaquartzite|80813|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Brattstrand paragneiss sequence|80859|||Neoproterozoic|||||Neoproterozoic||||||||No|72003|||||||Blue medium grained quartzites and psammites, variable biotite and magnetite, local development of large (1-2cm scale) orthopyroxene crystals.||||N||17-JAN-23
Taylor Formation|17905|Taylor Group|17906|Taylor Group|17906|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|37902||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Taylor Platform basaltic andesite|38387|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Paleozoic||||eruption|Paleozoic||||||||No|23845||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Taylor Sub-Group|17907|||Taylor Group|17906|No|Subgroup|Superseded|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|41430|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Taylor group|17908|||Taylor Group|17906|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Described||||||||||||||||||No|36723|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Taynaya Early Mafic Gneiss|37988|||Tryne Mafic Gneiss|37976|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|24319||||||Previous name for Tryne Mafic Gneiss. Also called "Early Mafic gneiss", part of the obsolete Tryne meta-volcanics.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Terra Cotta Member|17986|||Terra Cotta Siltstone Member|17988|No|Member, phase|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36977|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Terra Cotta Sandstone|17987|||Terra Cotta Siltstone Member|17988|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|42482|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Terra Cotta Siltstone|17989|||Terra Cotta Siltstone Member|17988|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described|New Mountain Subgroup|14063|||||||deposition|||||||||No|37896|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Terra Nova Formation|81463|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned|Wilson Metamorphic Complex|68404||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Not in Australian Antarctic Territory, in Ross Dependancy, NZ  Antarctic territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Terra cotta siltstone member|17990|||Terra Cotta Siltstone Member|17988|No|Member, phase|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36723|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Thala tourmaline metaquartzite|80849|||Thala Tourmaline Metaquartzite|80820|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Brattstrand paragneiss sequence|80859|||Neoproterozoic|||||Neoproterozoic||||||||No|72003|||||||Tightly folded package of dark granular tourmaline quartzites (+grandidierite, apatite, prismatine), and yellow psammitic quartzo-feldspathic gneiss.||||N||17-JAN-23
Timber Peak Beds""|18164|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Described||||||||||||||||||No|41480||||||Described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Toploje member|73946|||Toploje Member|73945|No|Member, phase|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|61317|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Trinity Peninsula Formation|18596|||Trinity Peninsula Group|18597|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|40135|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Tryne Metavolcanics""|37990|||Tryne Mafic Gneiss|37976|No|Formation, beds|Obsolete|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|24319||||||The term Tryne meta-volcanics was recommended to be abandoned by I Snape & S.L. Harley in 1996. The 'unit' was found to be a composite of Mossel Gneiss, Chelnok Paragniess, and an "Early Mafic gneiss" now named the Tryne Mafic Gneiss.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Tryne granulite|18624|||Tryne Mafic Gneiss|37976|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39758||||||.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Tryne mafic granulite|18625|||Tryne Mafic Gneiss|37976|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39758|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Tryne metavolcanics|18626|||Tryne Mafic Gneiss|37976|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Described|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|38828||||||Described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Tula Series|18651|Tula series|18652|||No|Formation, beds|Obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|40143||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Tula series|18652|||Tula Series|18651|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|40292|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Tumbledown Hill metaquartzite|80855|||Tumbledown Hill Metaquartzite|80814|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Brattstrand paragneiss sequence|80859|||Neoproterozoic|||inferred||Neoproterozoic|||inferred|||||No|72003|||||||Narrow layers (1-10m) of dark glassy quartzites and biotite psammites. Rare garnet. Deeply weathered rusty coloured, rare fresh pyrrhotite, malachite staining on rock surface typical.||||N||17-JAN-23
Turnpike Bluff group|18717|||Turnpike Bluff Group|76267|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|39003||||||Briefly described.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Unger Island Volcanites|69344|||Unger Island Volcanics|18841|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Namurian|320||isotopic, K/Ar||Lower Devonian|390||isotopic, K/Ar|||||No|61150||||||Mentioned. Age determination by Kreuzer et al (1981).|||||N||17-JAN-23
Unger Island basalt|69342|||Unger Island Volcanics|18841|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|61150||||||Mentioned.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Vegetation leucogranites|68401|||Vegetation Leucogranite|34956|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Ordovician|||||Ordovician||||||||No|60868||||||Age: 475+/-5Ma.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Vereteno Orthogneiss|37966|||Vereteno Diorite|37984|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Resvd name published|Defined|||||Paleoproterozoic|||||Paleoproterozoic|||||||ATA|Yes|||Snape, I.|31-JAN-03|||Defined, but published as Vereteno Diorite.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Vestfold Dyke Swarms|83864|Vestfold Hills tholeiites|19085|Vestfold Hills tholeiites|19085|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Proterozoic|1241||||Proterozoic|2240|||||||No|67547||||||Collerson and Sheraton (1986). Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. The mafic dykes intruded in several distinct pulses between 2240 Ma and 1241 Ma (Black et al., 1991; Lanyon et al., 1993).|Mafic dykes.|basic intrusive rock|||Y||08-AUG-23
Vestfold Hills lamprophyre|38391|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Mesozoic|||||Mesozoic||||||||No|23845||||||Briefly described.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Victoria Sub-Group|19108|||Victoria Group|19090|No|Subgroup|Formal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|41430|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Victoria group|19115|||Victoria Group|19090|No|Group, Suite|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Described||||||||||||||||||No|36723|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Vida granite|19118|||Vida Granite|19117|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|37382|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Volcanic Arc Granite|69346|||||No|Formation, beds|Formal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|61150||||||Possibly not intended as a formal name.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
Walkabout Granodioritic Gneiss|37967|||Walkabout Granodiorite|37983|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Resvd name published|Defined|||||||||||||||||ATA|Yes|||Snape, I.|31-JAN-03|||Defined, but published as Walkabout Granodiorite.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Webb Sandstone|19656|||Altar Mountain Formation|25759|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36977|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Webb Sandstone Member|19655|||Altar Mountain Formation|25759|No|Member, phase|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36984|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Wellar Coal Measures|19702|||Weller Coal Measures|26207|No|Formation, beds|Misspelt|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|37061|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Weller Sandstone|19703|||Weller Coal Measures|26207|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36977|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Weller coal measures|19704|||Weller Coal Measures|26207|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36723|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Weller shale|19705|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36899|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
White Hill leucogneiss|80858|||White Hill Leucogneiss|80810|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Brattstrand paragneiss sequence|80859|||Neoproterozoic|||||Neoproterozoic||||||||No|72003|||||||Light grey leucocratic gneiss, variable biotite, quartz and plagioclase, locally cordierite+quartz symplectites, K-feldspar bearing veins, rarely garnet bearing.||||N||17-JAN-23
Wiens formation|19995|||Wiens Formation|79154|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|40135||||||Eastern Neptune Range. Not in Australian Antarctic territory.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Wilcock Bay metapelite|80850|||Wilcock Bay Metapelite|80819|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Brattstrand paragneiss sequence|80859|||Neoproterozoic|||||Neoproterozoic||||||||No|72003|||||||Yellow quartzo-feldspathic gneiss with thin (+/-1-2cm wide) layers dominated by sillimanite and grandidierite (+/- cordierite), clots of prismatine and minor tourmaline. Boron-rich metapelite/volcanic?||||N||17-JAN-23
Wilcock Metapelite|81874|Wilcock Bay metapelite|80850|Wilcock Bay Metapelite|80819|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|72004|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Wilson Group metamorphics|20162|Wilson Group|20164|||No|Group, Suite|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|41366|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Wilson Group""|20163|||||No|Group, Suite|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39014|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Wilson Hills metamorphics|81464|Wilson Metamorphic Complex|68404|Wilson Metamorphic Complex|68404|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Described||||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Variation on Wilson Metamorphic Complex, or informal reference to metamorphics in the Wilson Hills area. Also called Wilson schists, Wilson metamorphics on same page.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Wilson Metamorphics|81465|Wilson Metamorphic Complex|68404|Wilson Metamorphic Complex|68404|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Probably an abbreviation of Wilson Metamorphic Complex.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Wilson Plutonic Complex|69345|Wilson Metamorphic Complex|68404|||No|Group, Suite|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|61150||||||Contains an S-type granite at Daniels Range with age of 544Ma. May be a variation on Wilson Metamorphic Complex?|||||N||17-JAN-23
Wilson Terrane Metamorphics|34964|||Wilson Metamorphic Complex|68404|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|22894||||||Metamorphic rocks in the Wilson Terrane.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Wilson gneiss|20169|||Wilson Gneiss|20161|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39014|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Wilson gneiss""|25631|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|39014|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Wilson metamorphic complex|81590|Wilson Metamorphic Complex|68404|Wilson Metamorphic Complex|68404|No|Group, Suite|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|70840||||||Same as Wilson Terrane Metamorphics? May be a 'geological province' rather than a stratigraphic units. Said to include Rennick Schist, Lanterman Metamorphics, Morozumi Phyllites, Retreat Hills Schist, Dessent Formation, Priestley Formation (or Priestley Schist), Berg Group,Wilson Gneiss, Murchison Formation, Terra Nova Formation, Aviator Agamites.|Low to medium grade metamorphic rocks with preserved or relict sedimentary structures; high-grade gneisses and migmatites.|metasedimentary rock|high grade metamorphic rock||U||17-JAN-23
Windmill Island migmatites|20228|||Windmill Metamorphics|29265|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|29830|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Windmill Islands "granites"|20229|||Windmill Metamorphics|29265|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|29830|||||||||||Y||17-JAN-23
Windmill Islands metamorphics|20230|||Windmill Metamorphics|29265|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|29830|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Windy Gully Erosion Surface|20236|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Described||||||||||||||||||No|36977||||||Regolith weathering surface, not stratigraphic unit.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Windy Gully Formation|20238|||Windy Gully Sandstone Member|20240|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36984|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Windy Gully Formation""|20237|||Windy Gully Sandstone Member|20240|No|Formation, beds|Superseded|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|41430|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Windy Gully Member|20239|||Windy Gully Sandstone Member|20240|No|Member, phase|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36977|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Windy Gully sandstone member|20242|||Windy Gully Sandstone Member|20240|No|Member, phase|Superseded|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|36723|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Wolthat Massif anorthosite complex|77034|||||No|Group, Suite|Informal|Other new published name|Fully described|||||Proterozoic||||intrusion|Proterozoic||||||||No|42501||||||-Pi(A)|Strongly layered and extensively cataclasised anorthosite complex; intersected by a
few dykes of gabbro/dolerite and lamprophyre|basic intrusive rock|||Y||17-JAN-23
Zhong Shan gneiss|81875|||Zhong Shan Gneiss|33897|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Described||||||||||||||||||No|72005|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Zhongshan Gneiss|80842|Zhong Shan Gneiss|33897|Zhong Shan Gneiss|33897|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Neoproterozoic|940||||Mesoproterozoic|||inferred|||||No|72003||||||Possible misspelling?|Leucocratic quartzo-feldspathic gneiss, foliation defined by stringers of garnet and rare biotite.|high grade metamorphic rock|||N||17-JAN-23
Zircon Point"" pegmatite|21092|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Described|||||||||intrusion|||||||||No|36792||||||Described.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
gerlache Orthogneiss|68352|||Gerlache Orthogneiss|68343|No|Formation, beds|Misspelt|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|60868||||||Mentioned.  Name typed incorrectly.|||||Y||17-JAN-23
tonalite|38097|||||No|Formation, beds|Obsolete|Unknown or process pending|Not recorded||||||||||||||||||No|||||||Error on data entry|||||Y||17-JAN-23
