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Conodont colour alteration adjacent to a volcanic plug, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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The colour change of conodonts adjacent to a small volcanic plug in the Canning Basin, Western Australia suggests that the temperature of the liquid melt exceeded 600 °C. The limit of the thermal effects of the intrusion appears to be about one metre into the surrounding carbonate sediments.

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Title Conodont colour alteration adjacent to a volcanic plug, Canning Basin, Western Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/981f4776-8bf5-431b-b587-9ed88863bbe6
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        125.4,
        -18.0
      ],
      [
        125.5,
        -18.0
      ],
      [
        125.5,
        -17.9
      ],
      [
        125.4,
        -17.9
      ],
      [
        125.4,
        -18.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Conodont colour alteration adjacent to a volcanic plug, Canning Basin, Western Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/conodont-colour-alteration-adjacent-to-a-volcanic-plug-canning-basin-western-australia