Cattamarra Coal Measures
| Cattamarra Coal Measures Stratigraphic range: Hettangian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale |
| Location | |
| Region | Western Australia |
| Country |
 Australia |
The Cattamarra Coal Measures is a Jurassic fossil locality on Western Australia.[1] They are part of the Perth basin, and are a sequence of non-marine, probably fluviatile sandstones, shales and silts including bituminous coal, and are up to 300 m thick. The Cattamarra Coal Measures conformably overly the Eneabba Formation.[2]
The Cattamarra Coal Measures are a tight gas sand gas reservoir.[3]
There are well preserved fossil insects from the Jurassic age in the deposit.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Cattamarra Coal Measures". Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ↑ Suwarna, Nana (1993), Petrology of Jurassic coal, Hill River area, Perth Basin, Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology, Department of Applied Geology, retrieved 20 October 2016 - the summary to this thesis in Trove is a detailed overview
- ↑ Rezaee, M. Reza (2011), Complexity in tight gas sand development—an example from Perth Basin, Western Australia, Department of Petroleum Engineering, retrieved 12 December 2015
- ↑ Martin, Sarah Kerry; Monash University. School of Geosciences (2008), Early Jurassic insects of the Mintaja locality, Cattamarra Coal Measures, Perth basin, Western Australia, retrieved 20 October 2016
Further reading
- Timms, Nicholas E.; Olierook, Hugo K.H.; Wilson, Moyra E.J.; Delle Piane, Claudio; Hamilton, P. Joseph; Cope, Patricia; Stütenbecker, Laura (February 2015). "Sedimentary facies analysis, mineralogy and diagenesis of the Mesozoic aquifers of the central Perth Basin, Western Australia". Marine and Petroleum Geology. 60: 54–78. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.08.024.
- Stratigraphy and petroleum systems elements of the northern Perth Basin
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