Explanatory notes, Brighton Downs Sheet, Queensland (BMR Explan Notes and map)

Created 21/12/2025

Updated 21/12/2025

A reconnaissance survey of the Brighton Downs 4-mile Sheet area was conducted by geologists R. R. Vine and W. Jauncey of the Bureau of Mineral Resources between June and August, 1961. Cretaceous rocks crop out over nearly the whole of the Brighton Downs Sheet area. Lower Cretaceous marine sediments appear in the north-west and dip gently eastwards below freshwater deposits of Lower to Upper Cretaceous age. In two main areas of Tertiary sedimentation, one in the north and the other in the south-west, sandstone, clay and limestone have been deposited. Lateritisation is widespread over the area.

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Title Explanatory notes, Brighton Downs Sheet, Queensland (BMR Explan Notes and map)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/f9860f4c-a37f-4387-bdea-8d873524f708
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Australian Ocean Data Network
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Explanatory notes, Brighton Downs Sheet, Queensland (BMR Explan Notes and map)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/explanatory-notes-brighton-downs-sheet-queensland-bmr-explan-notes-and-map1