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Jarrett, Amber J. M., Tim J. Munson, Ben Williams, Adam H. E. Bailey, and Tehani Palu. "Petroleum supersystems in the greater McArthur Basin, Northern Territory, Australia: prospectivity of the world’s oldest stacked systems with emphasis on the McArthur Supersystem." APPEA Journal 62, no. 1 (May 13, 2022): 245–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj21018.

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This study assesses the prospectivity of the world’s oldest known stacked petroleum systems from the Proterozoic greater McArthur Basin (Northern Territory, Australia), which has immense potential to host both conventional natural gas and oil, in addition to shale-gas accumulations. The Mesoproterozoic succession of the Beetaloo Sub-basin and surrounding region hosts the Territory’s premier shale-gas play and is at an advanced stage of exploration for shale hydrocarbon plays. However, there is also potential for natural gas in older sedimentary packages, with flows and shows reported in underlying Paleoproterozoic successions. At the continent-scale, four regional petroleum supersystems are identified and described in order to provide a platform for consistent nomenclature at the sedimentary package and group level; in ascending stratigraphic order; these are the Paleoproterozoic Redbank and McArthur supersystems, the Paleoproterozoic–Mesoproterozoic Lawn Supersystem, and the Mesoproterozoic Beetaloo Supersystem. The Redbank and Lawn supersystems are newly named and defined, and the Beetaloo Supersystem is renamed from the former Urapungan Supersystem. Eight possible conventional natural gas plays and six shale-gas plays are documented within the McArthur Supersystem, which incorporates Glyde Package successions of the McArthur Basin and the Birrindudu Basin. Petroleum play concepts are also described from this supersystem to assist with assessing the potential for gas resources. A better understanding of the petroleum systems of the greater McArthur Basin is critical to the targeting of areas for geoscience data acquisition in order to facilitate the reduction of exploration search space; and it enables a more rigorous assessment of the potential for conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon resources at local (play) and regional scales.
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Gorton, Justin, and Alison Troup. "Petroleum systems of the Proterozoic in northwest Queensland and a description of various play types." APPEA Journal 58, no. 1 (2018): 311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj17115.

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As part of Queensland Government’s Strategic Resources Exploration Program, in conjunction with the Australian Government’s Exploring for the Future program, a study to improve the subsurface knowledge of Proterozoic basins in northwest Queensland (NWQ) is underway. Proterozoic sedimentary basins are prevalent across central and western Australia. Several of these basins have proven petroleum systems, with the best discoveries to date being in the Greater McArthur Basin, Northern Territory. Recent exploration and appraisal in the Beetaloo Sub-basin of the Greater McArthur Basin has identified large volumes of gas resources contained within unconventional shale reservoirs. In NWQ, the Isa Superbasin and overlying South Nicholson Basin are related in both age and likely deposition to the Greater McArthur Basin. The thick, extensive shale units of the Isa Superbasin are excellent source rocks, while the Mullera Formation in the South Nicholson Basin also has potential but has not been investigated in detail. There are several potential reservoirs within the Proterozoic section and younger units of the overlying Georgina and Carpentaria basins, including clastic and carbonate types. Exploration in the Isa Superbasin identified an estimated 22.1 trillion cubic feet of prospective resources (Armour Energy 2015) in unconventional shale reservoirs of the Lawn Hill Formation and Riversleigh Siltstone. This paper will discuss the stratigraphy, depositional and structural history of these Proterozoic basins and characterise their source and reservoir units using existing and recently acquired geophysical, geochemical, petrographic and petrophysical datasets. From this, several plays or play concepts will be identified and described to help understand the region’s potential for both conventional and unconventional petroleum resources.
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Foss, Clive, and Tania Dhu. "The Bark without a Dog - Magnetic Anomalies over Holes in a Volcanic Sheet in the greater McArthur Basin, NT." ASEG Extended Abstracts 2016, no. 1 (December 2016): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aseg2016ab276.

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Farkas, Juraj, Maxwell Bullen, Grant Cox, Alan Collins, William Giuliano, Sandra Menpes, Juergen Gusterhuber, and Belinda Smith. "Isotope Constraints on Intra-Basin Correlation and Depositional Settings of the Mid-Proterozoic Carbonates and Organic-Rich Shales in the Greater McArthur Basin, Northern Territory, Australia." ASEG Extended Abstracts 2018, no. 1 (December 2018): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aseg2018abw9_3c.

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Bradshaw, John, Robert S. Nicoll, and Marita Bradshaw. "THE CAMBRIAN TO PERMO-TRIASSIC ARAFURA BASIN, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA." APPEA Journal 30, no. 1 (1990): 107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj89006.

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The Arafura Basin is on the northern margin of Australia, extending north towards New Guinea and contains a thick Cambrian to Permo-Triassic sedimentary sequence. The basin consists of a broad northern platform, a northwest trending graben, the Goulburn Graben (new name), and a southern platform that extends onshore into the Northern Territory. The basin sediments unconform- ably overlie the Proterozoic McArthur Basin and are overlain by mid-Jurassic and younger sediments of the Money Shoal Basin. The Palaeozoic section in the Goulburn Graben is over 10 km thick, while on the northern and southern platforms half that thickness is preserved.During the Cambrian and Ordovician the Arafura Basin was a stable platform dominated by carbonate deposition. The Late Devonian and Late Carboniferous aged sediments are marine and non-marine clastics with minor carbonates. Initial movement of the graben bounding faults occurred in the early Carboniferous, but the major graben development and deformation occurred in the Permo-Triassic and was associated with westward tilting.The six exploration wells in the basin have all been sited on structural targets along the Goulburn Graben. There were oil shows in most wells and four source rock intervals were intersected, but reservoir quality and fault seal were identified as major risks. The majority of the Cambrian and Permo-Triassic sequences remain untested and extensive areas of the basin outside the graben are virtually unexplored. Thermal maturation studies indicate a low geothermal gradient and that the greater part of the Palaeozoic sequence is prospective for hydrocarbons.
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Close, David, Alexander Côté, Elizabeth Baruch, Carl Altmann, Faiz Mohinudeen, Brenton Richards, Rachael Ilett, Ross Evans, and Stephanie Stonier. "Exploring the Beetaloo: will Australia's first viable shale play be sourced by billion year old gas?" APPEA Journal 57, no. 2 (2017): 716. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj16054.

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Origin Energy completed exploration campaigns in 2015 and 2016 in the Beetaloo Sub-basin of the Greater McArthur Basin in the Northern Territory, drilling three vertical wells and one horizontal well. These wells have provided a wealth of technical data to assist in the characterisation of the primary source rock reservoirs or ‘shale gas’ plays in the Basin – the Velkerri Formation Play and the Kyalla Formation Play. In this paper we demonstrate the presence of thick, gas saturated and over-pressured source rocks across the sub-basin. In addition to the drilling campaign, the multi-stage hydraulic fracture stimulation of the Amungee NW-1H horizontal well was completed in 2016 – this operation was unique as it represents the first horizontal stimulation operation in the Beetaloo Sub-basin and the longest ‘plug and perf’ type horizontal completion in Australia. Data from the extended production test of the Amungee NW-1H are critical from a technical and, potentially, economic and political perspective. In addition to the technical work program, Origin has undertaken preliminary environmental baseline studies and substantial stakeholder engagement. Ensuring environmental baseline data are available is key to demonstrating that onshore gas developments can be undertaken without adverse environmental outcomes, and also for gaining social acceptance. However, data and facts alone are not sufficient to build community confidence. Origin has engaged extensively with pastoralists, local communities and Traditional Owners to build direct relationships and partnerships that encourage acceptance of the gas industry’s ability to coexist and deliver mutual benefits to the businesses and communities of the Barkly region and the Northern Territory more broadly.
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Jarrett, Amber J. M., Adam E. H. Bailey, Christopher J. Boreham, Tehani Palu, Lisa Hall, April Shannon, Alan S. Collins, et al. "A geochemical investigation into the resource potential of the Lawn Hill Platform, northern Australia." APPEA Journal 60, no. 2 (2020): 722. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj19118.

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The Lawn Hill Platform (LHP) is a sedimentary province in north-eastern Northern Territory and north-western Queensland that hosts a significant Paleoproterozoic–Mesoproterozoic sequence, often referred to as 'the ‘Isa Superbasin’, and includes the overlying South Nicholson Group. Shale gas resources and base-metals mineralisation are known in north-west Queensland, but the larger basin is underexplored. The Australian Government’s Exploring for the Future (EFTF) 2016−2020 program aims to boost resource exploration in northern Australia. New precompetitive geochemical data obtained in this program includes source rock geochemistry, kerogen kinetics, bitumen reflectance, biomarker and δ13C n-alkanes for understanding the petroleum potential, organic geochemistry of source rocks and fluids, stratigraphic correlations and mineralogy to determine the brittleness of shales. All data and derived reports are accessible on the EFTF portal (www.eftf.ga.gov.au), providing a central location for informed decision making. The results in this study demonstrate fair to excellent source rocks in multiple supersequences that are brittle and favourable to hydraulic stimulation. A comparison to the greater McArthur Basin demonstrates, that although there are many similarities in bulk geochemistry, LHP mudstones are largely heterogeneous, reflecting local variations that may be inherited from variations in contributing biomass, microbial reworking, depositional environment, sediment input and paleoredox conditions.
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Subarkah, Darwinaji, Angus L. Nixon, Monica Jimenez, Alan S. Collins, Morgan L. Blades, Juraj Farkaš, Sarah E. Gilbert, Simon Holford, and Amber Jarrett. "Constraining the geothermal parameters of in situ Rb–Sr dating on Proterozoic shales and their subsequent applications." Geochronology 4, no. 2 (September 6, 2022): 577–600. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-577-2022.

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Abstract. Recent developments in tandem laser ablation mass spectrometer technology have demonstrated the capacity for separating parent and daughter isotopes of the same mass online. As a result, beta-decay chronometers can now be applied to the geological archive in situ as opposed to through traditional whole-rock digestions. One novel application of this technique is the in situ Rb–Sr dating of Proterozoic shales that are dominated by authigenic clays such as illite. This method can provide a depositional window for shales by differentiating signatures of early diagenetic processes versus late-stage secondary alteration. However, the hydrothermal sensitivity of the Rb–Sr isotopic system across geological timescales in shale-hosted clay minerals is not well understood. As such, we dated the Mesoproterozoic Velkerri Formation from the Altree 2 well in the Beetaloo Sub-basin (greater McArthur Basin), northern Australia, using this approach. We then constrained the thermal history of these units using common hydrocarbon maturity indicators and modelled effects of contact heating due to the intrusion of the Derim Derim Dolerite. In situ Rb–Sr dating of mature, oil-prone shales in the diagenetic zone from the Velkerri Formation yielded ages of 1448 ± 81, 1434 ± 19, and 1421 ± 139 Ma. These results agree with previous Re–Os dating of the unit and are interpreted as recording the timing of an early diagenetic event soon after deposition. Conversely, overmature, gas-prone shales in the anchizone sourced from deeper within the borehole were dated at 1322 ± 93 and 1336 ± 40 Ma. These ages are younger than the expected depositional window for the Velkerri Formation. Instead, they are consistent with the age of the Derim Derim Dolerite mafic intrusion intersected 800 m below the Velkerri Formation. Thermal modelling suggests that a single intrusion of 75 m thickness would have been capable of producing a significant hydrothermal perturbation radiating from the sill top. The intrusion width proposed by this model is consistent with similar Derim Derim Dolerite sill thicknesses found elsewhere in the McArthur Basin. The extent of the hydrothermal aureole induced by this intrusion coincides with the window in which kerogen from the Velkerri Formation becomes overmature. As a result, the mafic intrusion intersected here is interpreted to have caused kerogen in these shales to enter the gas window, induced fluids that mobilize trace elements, and reset the Rb–Sr chronometer. Consequently, we propose that the Rb–Sr chronometer in shales may be sensitive to temperatures of ca. 120 ∘C in hydrothermal reactions but can withstand temperatures of more than 190 ∘C in thermal systems not dominated by fluids. Importantly, this study demonstrates a framework for the combined use of in situ Rb–Sr dating and kerogen maturation indicators to help reveal the thermochronological history of Proterozoic sedimentary basins. As such, this approach can be a powerful tool for identifying the hydrocarbon potential of source rocks in similar geological settings.
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Jarrett, Amber J. M. "Concurrent 17. Presentation for: Petroleum supersystems in the greater McArthur Basin, Northern Territory, Australia: prospectivity of the world’s oldest stacked systems with emphasis on the McArthur Supersystem." APPEA Journal 62, no. 4 (June 3, 2022). http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj21358.

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Presented on Wednesday 18 May: Session 17 This study assesses the prospectivity of the world’s oldest known stacked petroleum systems from the Proterozoic greater McArthur Basin (Northern Territory, Australia), which has immense potential to host both conventional natural gas and oil, in addition to shale-gas accumulations. The Mesoproterozoic succession of the Beetaloo Sub-basin and surrounding region hosts the Territory’s premier shale-gas play and is at an advanced stage of exploration for shale hydrocarbon plays. However, there is also potential for natural gas in older sedimentary packages, with flows and shows reported in underlying Paleoproterozoic successions. At the continent-scale, four regional petroleum supersystems are identified and described in order to provide a platform for consistent nomenclature at the sedimentary package and group level; in ascending stratigraphic order; these are the Paleoproterozoic Redbank and McArthur supersystems, the Paleoproterozoic–Mesoproterozoic Lawn Supersystem, and the Mesoproterozoic Beetaloo Supersystem. The Redbank and Lawn supersystems are newly named and defined, and the Beetaloo Supersystem is renamed from the former Urapungan Supersystem. Eight possible conventional natural gas plays and six shale-gas plays are documented within the McArthur Supersystem, which incorporates Glyde Package successions of the McArthur Basin and the Birrindudu Basin. Petroleum play concepts are also described from this supersystem to assist with assessing the potential for gas resources. A better understanding of the petroleum systems of the greater McArthur Basin is critical to the targeting of areas for geoscience data acquisition in order to facilitate the reduction of exploration search space; and it enables a more rigorous assessment of the potential for conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon resources at local (play) and regional scales. To access the presentation click the link on the right. To read the full paper click here
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Yang, Bo, Alan S. Collins, Morgan L. Blades, Tim J. Munson, Justin L. Payne, Stijn Glorie, and Juraj Farkaš. "Tectonic controls on sedimentary provenance and basin geography of the Mesoproterozoic Wilton package, McArthur Basin, northern Australia." Geological Magazine, December 23, 2020, 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756820001223.

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Abstract The c. 1.5–1.3 Ga Wilton package, the upper succession of the greater McArthur Basin, preserves detailed tectono-sedimentary evidence for the Mesoproterozoic evolution of the North Australian Craton (NAC). In addition, it is a valuable global sedimentary repository for the poorly explored Mesoproterozoic. New detrital zircon U–Pb age and Lu–Hf isotope data, collected from multiple, geographically separated, basins that make up the Wilton package, are compiled with previously published data to illuminate the basin evolution. The spatial and temporal variation in sedimentary provenance illustrates two major geographic changes that correspond to continent-scale tectonic convulsions of the NAC during the Mesoproterozoic. The first is shown by the influx of sediment sourced from east and southeast terranes. This is linked to rifting between Proterozoic Australia and Laurentia at c. 1.45 Ga, resulting in the uplift of the eastern margin of the NAC–SAC (South Australian Craton). The second basin geographic change is illustrated by a flux of southerly-sourced detritus that is interpreted to be tectonically driven by the uplift of the southern NAC, during the subduction/closure of the Mirning Ocean at c. 1.32 Ga. Spatially, sediment in the Wilton package is separated into two depositional systems: sedimentary rocks within the Birrindudu Basin, the western component of the Wilton package, have different detrital signatures relative to other Wilton package successions found east of the Daly Waters Fault Zone, in the Beetaloo Sub-basin, the McArthur Basin and the South Nicholson Basin. The Daly Waters Fault Zone is interpreted as an ancient bathymetric high, blocking sediment transport. Although they differ in sources, rocks in both the Birrindudu Basin and the eastern Wilton package record coeval shifts of basin provenance to southern sources. The coherent evolution of basin provenance indicates a consistent tectono-sedimentation history, and links the Birrindudu Basin and the other Wilton successions in a tectonic framework.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Greater McArthur Basin"

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Toledo, G. E. "Chromium Isotope Constraints on the Mid-Proterozoic redox: evidence from δ53Cr of carbonates from the greater McArthur Basin, northern Australia." Thesis, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/2440/133689.

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The Great Oxygenation Event (GOE) and the Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event (NOE) are interpreted to have made the most profound and permanent surface redox changes in Earth’s history. Changes in redox conditions between these two oxygenation events (i.e. mid-Proterozoic; 1.8-0.8 Ga) are poorly understood where environmental stability with persistently low atmospheric oxygen is assumed (<0.1% PAL; Present Atmospheric Levels). This period also witnessed the first appearance of primitive eukaryotes, however Eukarya diversification was determined to be effectively stagnant presumably due to sustained low atmospheric oxygen levels (pO2). More recent studies found evidence of relatively high mid-Proterozoic pO2, well in excess of 1% PAL, sufficient to promote diversification. The importance of better understanding the past redox conditions heightens due to the contrasting pO2 estimates that plausibly swayed the Eukarya diversification. This study presents stable Cr isotope (δ53Cr) values in mid-Proterozoic organic-rich carbonates of the Limbunya and McArthur Groups from the greater McArthur Basin. Analysed values from -0.293‰ to +1.389‰, present the oldest documented positively fractionated mid-Proterozoic δ53Cr values in marine carbonate units ca. 1.64 Gyrs ago, suggestive of a fluctuating, but increasing pO2 at the time of a generally reducing environment and supporting a permissive environment for Eukarya diversification. However, it is likely that its unstable nature probably inhibited wider and earlier Eukarya diversification, should pO2 levels truly be a barrier for evolution.
Thesis (B.Sc.(Hons)) -- University of Adelaide, School of Physical Sciences, 2018
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Liebelt, S. R. "Testing the redox coupling between chromium and nitrogen isotopes in modern and ancient redox-stratified depositional systems: the Coorong Lagoon and the Greater McArthur Basin." Thesis, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/2440/136963.

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The history of Earth’s atmospheric oxidation following the Great Oxidation Event (GOE) is widely debated and currently poorly constrained. This uncertainty is largely because the use of different geochemical proxies provides a broad range of possible palaeo-redox conditions during the mid-Proterozoic. Such proxies include nitrogen (δ15N) and chromium (δ53Cr) isotopes, which are the focus of this study. These redox-sensitive proxies have recently demonstrated coupled behaviour in both modern seawaters and recent marine sediments, suggesting isotopic fractionation of Cr could result from biologically mediated redox cycling of N. This concept is opposed to Cr isotope fractionation being purely representative of oxidative weathering on continents, thus challenging the reliability of the δ53Cr proxy as a direct tracer for past atmospheric O2 levels. The aim of this study is to test the purported redox coupling of the δ53Cr and δ15N proxies in two redox-stratified depositional systems, specifically investigating (i) modern waters and organic matter from the Coorong Lagoon of South Australia, and (ii) organic-rich shales from the greater McArthur Basin in the Northern Territory (including the Velkerri, Mainoru, Barney Creek and Fraynes Formations). These marine settings display notable redox gradients, allowing insight into the isotopic behaviour of N and Cr through a variety of conditions. Contrary to published data, this study revealed no positive co-variance between δ53Cr and δ15N records. Rather, δ15N changes in both waters and shales are interpreted to largely result from pH-driven volatilisation of NH3, while δ53Cr variations in shales exhibit a systematic temporal increase. This increase likely reflects progressive basin oxygenation, linked to gradually increasing atmospheric O2 during the mid-Proterozoic (i.e. from 1.64 to 1.31 Ga). Thus, the validity of δ53Cr values in marine archives as a palaeo-redox proxy are supported in this instance, with no direct evidence for biologically driven redox cycling of Cr coupled to local N cycling.
Thesis (B.Sc.(Hons)) -- University of Adelaide, School of Physical Sciences, 2019
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Conference papers on the topic "Greater McArthur Basin"

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Subarkah, Darwinaji, Alan Collins, Juraj Farkas, Morgan Blades, Georgina Virgo, and Yuexiao Shao. "Reconstructing ancient palaeoenvironments from the Mid-Proterozoic packages of the greater McArthur Basin, Northern Australia." In Goldschmidt2022. France: European Association of Geochemistry, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.46427/gold2022.10706.

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Yang, Bo, Alan S. Collins, Morgan L. Blades, Tim J. Munson, Justin Payne, Stijn Glorie, and Juraj Farkas. "DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE RECORD OF BASIN TECTONIC GEOGRAPHY: IMPLICATIONS FROM THE MESOPROTEROZOIC WILTON PACKAGE, GREATER MCARTHUR BASIN, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA." In GSA 2020 Connects Online. Geological Society of America, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2020am-356703.

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Bruna*, Pierre-Olivier, Tania Dhu, Daniel J. Revie, Dorothy Close, and Ian Scrimgeour. "3-D Architecture of the Wilton Package and Geological Attribute Distribution in the Greater McArthur Basin, Northern Territory, Australia." In International Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia 13-16 September 2015. Society of Exploration Geophysicists and American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/ice2015-2210803.

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Reports on the topic "Greater McArthur Basin"

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Bodorkos, S., Bo Yang, A. S. Collins, J. L. Crowley, S. W. Denzyszyn, J. C. Claoué-Long, J. R. Anderson, and C. W. Magee Jr. Precise U–Pb baddeleyite dating of the Derim Derim Dolerite: evidence for episodic mafic magmatism in the greater McArthur Basin. Geoscience Australia, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/133863.

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