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Title: Paleontology and field observations of the approximately 2720 Ma Tumbiana Formation in the northwest Pilbara, Western Australia
Related: http://geodocs.doir.wa.gov.au/search.jsp?cabinetId=1101&Combined=N11N
Related: Geological Survey of Western Australia : Record 2011/8
Publisher: Perth : Geological Survey of Western Australia
Date: 2011
Author/Creator: Coffey, J. M
Author/Creator: Walter, M. R
Author/Creator: George, S. C
Author/Creator: Hill, A. C
Description: The Tumbiana Formation is a ~2720 Ma volcano-sedimentary formation of the Neoarchean Fortescue group, and is renowned for containing some of the world's best preserved and most abundant Archean stromatolites. This Record describes results from a study of the stratigraphy, facies and stromatolites of the Tumbiana Formation in the Northwest and the western Northeast Pilbara Sub-basins of the Fortescue Basin.
Resource Type: report
Organisation: Government of Western Australia : Department of Mines and Petroleum
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences

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