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
Balmer Group|79533|||||No|Group, Suite|Invalid|Other new published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|62083||||||Used in 2005 paper on Metallogeny of Superior and Yilgarn Cratons. This unit is at Red Lake in Canada. DO NOT give QA tick.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Barrow Group, Upper|83165|Barrow Group|1209|||No|Subgroup|Informal|Variation of published name|Fully described|||||Cretaceous|||||Cretaceous||||||||No|69689||||||A "formalisation" of sorts of unit no. 68130:Barrow Group, upper. This new form of the name balances unit no.1208:Barrow Group, Lower.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Bassian Rise unit BR1|75884|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Unpublished||||||||||||||||||No|||||||67m - 58m thick in Groper 1, Mullet 1, Bluebone 1, Bassian Rise, Gippsland Basin. From Biostrata Report 2006/07, Alan D. Partridge, available on MRT website.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Bassian Rise unit BR2|75883|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Unpublished|||||Late Miocene|||||Middle Miocene||||||||No|||||||364m - 200m thick in Groper 1, Mullet 1, Bluebone 1, Bassian Rise, Gippsland Basin. From Biostrata Report 2006/07, Alan D. Partridge, available on MRT website.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Bassian Rise unit BR3|75882|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Unpublished|||||Middle Miocene|||||Early Miocene||||||||No|||||||508m - 282m thick in Groper 1, Mullet 1, Bluebone 1, Bassian Rise, Gippsland Basin. From Biostrata Report 2006/07, Alan D. Partridge, available on MRT website.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Bassian Rise unit BR4|75881|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Unpublished|||||Early Miocene|||||Early Miocene||||||||No|||||||632m - 345m thick in Groper 1, Mullet 1, Bluebone 1, Bassian Rise, Gippsland Basin. From Biostrata Report 2006/07, Alan D. Partridge, available on MRT website.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Bassian Rise unit BR5|75880|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Unpublished|||||Early Miocene|||||Chattian||||||||No|||||||36.6m - 16 .2m thick in Groper 1, Mullet 1, Bluebone 1, Bassian Rise, Gippsland Basin. From Biostrata Report 2006/07, Alan D. Partridge, available on MRT website.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Belly River Formation|80797|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|71806||||||Alberta, Canada. Not an Australian unit. DO NOT give QA tick.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Blacktip member|79321|Blacktip Member|77450|||No|Member, phase|Misspelt|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|69452||||||This is an unfortunate misquote from Gorter et al. (2008) who in fact capitalised the name, Blacktip Member, while still calling it informal.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Blake River Group|79525|||||No|Group, Suite|Invalid|Other new published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|62083||||||Used in 2005 paper on Metallogeny of Superior and Yilgarn Cratons.This unit is at Timmins in Canada. DO NOT give QA tick.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Blue Whale supersequence|68853|||Blue Whale Supersequence|38064|No|Supergroup|Sequence stratigraphy|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Cenomanian|||||Albian||||||||No|23792|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Bronze Whaler supersequence|68850|||Bronze Whaler Supersequence|38065|No|Supergroup|Sequence stratigraphy|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Albian|||||Valanginian||||||||No|23792|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Bruce Channel Group|79534|||||No|Group, Suite|Invalid|Other new published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|62083||||||Used in 2005 paper on Metallogeny of Superior and Yilgarn Cratons.This unit is at Red Lake in Canada. DO NOT give QA tick.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Cadillac Group|79522|||||No|Group, Suite|Invalid|Other new published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|62083||||||Used in 2005 paper on Metallogeny of Superior and Yilgarn Cratons.This unit is in the Superior Craton in Canada. DO NOT give QA tick.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Confederation Group|79535|||||No|Group, Suite|Invalid|Other new published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|62083||||||Used in 2005 paper on Metallogeny of Superior and Yilgarn Cratons.This unit is at Red Lake in Canada. DO NOT give QA tick.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Cooper Cliff Formation|34378|||||No|Formation, beds|Processing pending|Other new published name|Mentioned|Huronian Supergroup|34379|||||||deposition|||||||||No|22645||||||Indexing misspelling of Copper Cliff Formation, Huronian Supergroup, Canada. Mistakenly indexed.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Cossigny Limestone|83166|Cossigny Member|23512|Cossigny Member|23512|No|Member, phase|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Triassic|||||Triassic||||||||No|69689|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Deloro Group|79531|||||No|Group, Suite|Invalid|Other new published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|62083||||||Used in 2005 paper on Metallogeny of Superior and Yilgarn Cratons.This unit is at Timmins in Canada. DO NOT give QA tick.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Dingo Claystone, Lower|83167|Dingo Claystone|5507|||No|Member, phase|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|69689||||||Variation on unit no.5497: Dingo Claystone (Lower).|||||N||17-JAN-23
Dingo Claystone, Upper|83168|Dingo Claystone|5507|||No|Member, phase|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Jurassic|||||Jurassic||||||||No|69689||||||Variation on unit no. 5499: Dingo Claystone (Upper).|||||N||17-JAN-23
Dugong supersequence|68858|||Dugong Supersequence|38055|No|Supergroup|Sequence stratigraphy|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Recent|||||Early Eocene||||||||No|23792|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Elliot Lake Group|34380|||||No|Group, Suite|Processing pending|Other new published name|Briefly described|Huronian Supergroup|34379|||Siderian|||||Siderian||||||||No|22682||||||2450 Ma. This is a Canadian unit, not Australian. Mistakenly indexed.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Elm Sandstone|79738|Elm Sandstone Member|79737|Elm Sandstone Member|79737|No|Member, phase|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Kimmeridgian||||deposition|Oxfordian||||||||No|70934||||||Abbreviation of Elm Sandstone Member. See description p27 Ellis, G., Bond, A., (2006). See also McLean & Ellis (2015) The Vesta Structural Complex and the Elm Sandstone - Tectono-Stratigraphic Evolution in the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea, Australia. AAPG Abstracts.  Also found in Vesta-2. Important for oil and gas discoveries.Found in Swan Graben and Eclipse high.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Eucla 1|79258|||||No|Formation, beds|Sequence stratigraphy|Sequence strat published|Briefly described|||||Ypresian|||||Thanetian||||||||No|70067||||||Bremer Sub-basin, Bight Basin. A sequence-stratigraphic unit of Sequence rank.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Eucla 2|79259|||||No|Formation, beds|Sequence stratigraphy|Sequence strat published|Briefly described|||||Holocene|||||Ypresian||||||||No|70067||||||Bremer Sub-basin, Bight Basin. A sequence-stratigraphic unit of Sequence rank.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Fish Canyon Tuff|6680|||||No|Formation, beds|Invalid|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|41749||||||The Fish Canyon Tuff is in North America. Its zircons are/were used as a comparative standard.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Flamingo Sandstone|77108|||Flamingo Group|6726|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Lower Cretaceous||||deposition|Upper Jurassic||||||||No|61548||||||Informal reference to sandy unit within Flamingo 'Formation'. Northern Bonaparte Basin.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Frigate Formation, Upper|83171|Frigate Shale, Upper|79251|Frigate Shale, Upper|79251|No|Member, phase|Probably misspelt|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||Cretaceous|||||Cretaceous||||||||No|69689||||||Possibly a mis-spelling of Upper Frigate Shale (unit no.79251).|||||N||17-JAN-23
Gregory Rift trachytes|69957|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|22671||||||These Trachytes are in eat Africa, not NSW as originally assumed [updated on advice from Eloise Beyer 19-JAN-2023].||intermediate volcanic rock|||N||30-JAN-23
Gunflint Chert|32502|||||No|Formation, beds|Probably obsolete|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Proterozoic||||deposition|Proterozoic||||||||No|32339||||||Canadian unit mentioned in comparisions with WA Proterozoic microfossils.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Gunflint Formation|7901|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|40899||||||Not an Australian stratigraphic unit. This unit is in Ontario, Canada - inadvertently entered.  Probably used in a comparison.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Gunflint Iron Formation|7902|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Mentioned|||||Proterozoic||||deposition|Proterozoic||||||||No|32339||||||Canadian unit mentioned in comparisions with WA Proterozoic microfossils.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Gunflint chert|70218|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|61579||||||Canadian unit mentioned in comparisions with WA Proterozoic microfossils.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Hammerhead supersequence|68856|||Hammerhead Supersequence|38060|No|Supergroup|Sequence stratigraphy|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Maastrichtian|||||Santonian||||||||No|23792|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Heywood Formation, Lower|79268|Heywood Formation|79267|||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|Bathurst Island Group|1249|||Albian|||||Barremian||||||||No|70064||||||Yampi and Leveque Shelves, Browse Basin.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Heywood Formation, Upper|79269|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|Bathurst Island Group|1249|||Turonian|||||Albian||||||||No|70064||||||Yampi and Leveque Shelves, Browse Basin.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Huronian Supergroup|34379|||||No|Supergroup|Processing pending|Other new published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|22682||||||Canadian unit. Mistakenly indexed.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Huston conglomerate|79524|||||No|Formation, beds|Invalid|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|62083||||||Used in 2005 paper on Metallogeny of Superior and Yilgarn Cratons.This unit is at Red Lake in Canada. DO NOT give QA tick.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Ichthys Formation|79266|||Montara Formation|12126|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||Callovian||||deposition|Callovian||||||||No|70064||||||After Ban and Pitt (2006). Presumably named after the Ichthys gas accumulation. Apparently subsumed into the Montara Formation: "reported as the Ichthys Formation, but included within the Montara Formation". Appears in Northern: p2 as Montara (Ichthys) Formation.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Iris Marl|77109|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||Kimmeridgian||||deposition|Kimmeridgian||||||||No|61548||||||Northern Bonaparte Basin. Underlies Flamingo Group. overlies Laminaria Formation.|Limestone nearshore-shelf.|carbonate sedimentary rock|||N||17-JAN-23
Jamieson Formation, Lower|28621|||Jamieson Formation|8851|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|Jamieson Formation|8851||||||||||||||||No|42053|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Jamieson Formation, Upper|8850|||Jamieson Formation|8851|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|Jamieson Formation|8851||||||||||||||||No|42066|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Jamieson Member, Lower|8854|||Jamieson Formation|8851|No|Member, phase|Informal|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|42053||||||Misspelling of Jamieson Formation, lower?|||||N||17-JAN-23
John Brookes Sandstone|83170|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||Cretaceous|||||Cretaceous||||||||No|69689|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Krist Formation|79529|||||No|Formation, beds|Invalid|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|62083||||||Used in 2005 paper on Metallogeny of Superior and Yilgarn Cratons. This unit is at Timmins in Canada. DO NOT give QA tick.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Macedon Formation|79264|Macedon Sandstone|40311|Macedon Sandstone|40311|No|Formation, beds|Probably misspelt|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|70066|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Minke supersequence|68845|||Minke Supersequence|38067|No|Supergroup|Sequence stratigraphy|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Berriasian|||||Tithonian||||||||No|23792|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Norfolk Islands basalt|14244|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||||||eruption|||||||||No|36381||||||See named units: Ball Bay Basalt, Cascade Basalt, Duncombe Bay Basalt, Steels Point Basalt.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Phalaborwa Carbonatite|35913|||||No|Formation, beds|Invalid|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||Rhyacian||||eruption|Rhyacian|2060|||||||No|23353||||||~2060Ma. The Phalaborwa carbonatite is in South Africa but was used as a standard for age dating in WA. ASUD originally (wrongly) recorded
this unit as being in WA.[update provided by Arianne Ford in Jan2023].|||||Y||19-JAN-23
Phillip Island basalt|15137|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Unknown or process pending|Mentioned|||||Pliocene||||eruption|Pliocene||||||||No|36381||||||Not used since 1980. Informal reference to Pliocene basalts on Phillip Island, south of Norfolk Island. See also Jones & McDougall (1973), RefID 31571.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Porcupine Group|79528|||||No|Group, Suite|Invalid|Other new published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|62083||||||Used in 2005 paper on Metallogeny of Superior and Yilgarn Cratons. Not related to Porcupine Creek name variations in Tasmania and Queensland. This unit is at Timmins in Canada. DO NOT give QA tick.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Sailfish Volcanics|79256|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Briefly described|Seaspray Group|16717|||Langhian||||eruption|Langhian||||||||No|70076||||||Presented as a unit in Seaspray Group; occurs in Pisces Sub-basin of offshore Gippsland Basin. May not be intended as a formal name; possibly refers to volcanic rocks encountered in the drill-hole Sailfish 1 in Bass Strait.|||||N||17-JAN-23
San Antonio Formation|79523|||||No|Formation, beds|Invalid|Other new published name|Briefly described|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|62083||||||Used in 2005 paper on Metallogeny of Superior and Yilgarn Cratons.This unit is in the Superior Craton in Canada. DO NOT give QA tick.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Sea Lion supersequence|68847|||Sea Lion Supersequence|38068|No|Supergroup|Sequence stratigraphy|Variation of published name|Not recorded|||||Kimmeridgian|||||Callovian||||||||No||||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Southern Right supersequence|68849|||Southern Right Supersequence|38066|No|Supergroup|Sequence stratigraphy|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Berriasian|||||Berriasian||||||||No|23792|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Tiger supersequence|68855|||Tiger Supersequence|38061|No|Supergroup|Sequence stratigraphy|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Santonian|||||Turonian||||||||No|23792|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Timiskaming Group|18181|||||No|Group, Suite|Invalid|Unknown or process pending|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|40295||||||This unit is at Timmins in Canada. DO NOT give QA tick.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Tisdale Group|79530|||||No|Group, Suite|Invalid|Other new published name|Briefly described||||||||||||||||||No|62083||||||Used in 2005 paper on Metallogeny of Superior and Yilgarn Cratons. This unit is at Timmins in Canada. DO NOT give QA tick.|||||N||17-JAN-23
Transvaal Dolomite|18547|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned|||||||||deposition|||||||||No|41663||||||Not an Australian stratigraphic unit - occurs in South Africa. PP (Dec06).|||||N||17-JAN-23
Vulcan Formation, Lower|42364|||Vulcan Formation|19148|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Described|Swan Group|17573|||Tithonian|||||Callovian||||||||No|42053|||||||Predominantly marine mudstones that contain variable amounts of terrigenous organic matter.|siliciclastic sedimentary rock|||N||17-JAN-23
Vulcan Formation, Upper|42365|||Vulcan Formation|19148|No|Formation, beds|Informal|Variation of published name|Described|Swan Group|17573|||Valanginian|||||Tithonian||||||||No|42053|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
White Pointer supersequence|68854|||White Pointer Supersequence|38062|No|Supergroup|Sequence stratigraphy|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Cenomanian|||||Cenomanian||||||||No|23792|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Wobbegong supersequence|68857|||Wobbegong Supersequence|38054|No|Supergroup|Sequence stratigraphy|Variation of published name|Briefly described|||||Early Eocene|||||Thanetian||||||||No|23792|||||||||||N||17-JAN-23
Woodford Shale|80329|||||No|Formation, beds|Informal|Other new published name|Mentioned||||||||||||||||||No|70824||||||Of Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma, USA. Mentioned in discussion of classification schemes used for petroleum source rocks.|||||N||17-JAN-23
