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Note on the Tertiary succession and foraminifera of Manus Island

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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During the reconnaissance survey carried out in 1952 by Mr. J.E. Thompson, Senior Geologist of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, four traverses were made across the Island and established the following sequence: [see record for detail]. Because of the lack of good exposures, and unreliable dips, no stratigraphic thicknesses could be obtained. Samples of the limestones and tuffaceous siltstones were subsequently sent to Canberra and their microfauna examined by the authors. Following is the list of the faunal determinations.

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Title Note on the Tertiary succession and foraminifera of Manus Island
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ca4cd1e4-1779-4b00-a057-1c5f77cd0f30
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Note on the Tertiary succession and foraminifera of Manus Island". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/note-on-the-tertiary-succession-and-foraminifera-of-manus-island