The Registry of Stratigraphic Names

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

A registry of stratigraphic names was started in BMR in 1949. In 1976 the Stratigraphic Names Index alone contains over 20 000 entries. The central registry now includes the following indexes: Author Index, Stratigraphic Name Index, Sheet Area Index, Basin Index, Subject Index, Reserved Name Index, and Definition Card Index.

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Title The Registry of Stratigraphic Names
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/0293a010-02c7-4a82-8582-73c6736aaeef
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "The Registry of Stratigraphic Names". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/the-registry-of-stratigraphic-names