The Arckaringa Basin is an endorheic basin in Australia. It is 80,000 square kilometres (31,000 sq mi) in size and is located in South Australia. [1]
The basin surrounds the town of Coober Pedy in northern South Australia. It located in the north of the Gawler Block. [2]
The basin structure features an elevated central platform. There are both glacigene sediments deposited in the upper Carboniferous and Permian coal measures which are mostly covered by Mesozoic sediments. [2] The Boorthana Formation in the east bears diamictite. [3]
The eastern boundary of the basin contain some outcrops of pavements which prove glaciation. [3] Infills in the Arckaringa Basin are dominated by mass flow deposits. [4]
Reports as of February 2013 estimate that the oil-bearing shale of the basin may contain between 3.5 and 233 billion barrels (560×10 6 and 37,040×10 6 m3) of petroleum or petroleum equivalent. [5]
29°00′S 134°30′E / 29°S 134.5°E
The Arckaringa Basin is an endorheic basin in Australia. It is 80,000 square kilometres (31,000 sq mi) in size and is located in South Australia. [1]
The basin surrounds the town of Coober Pedy in northern South Australia. It located in the north of the Gawler Block. [2]
The basin structure features an elevated central platform. There are both glacigene sediments deposited in the upper Carboniferous and Permian coal measures which are mostly covered by Mesozoic sediments. [2] The Boorthana Formation in the east bears diamictite. [3]
The eastern boundary of the basin contain some outcrops of pavements which prove glaciation. [3] Infills in the Arckaringa Basin are dominated by mass flow deposits. [4]
Reports as of February 2013 estimate that the oil-bearing shale of the basin may contain between 3.5 and 233 billion barrels (560×10 6 and 37,040×10 6 m3) of petroleum or petroleum equivalent. [5]
29°00′S 134°30′E / 29°S 134.5°E