Early Eocene estuary at Strahan, Tasmania
- 1 December 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
- Vol. 45 (6), 979-985
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08120099808728452
Abstract
Evidence from sedimentology is combined with that of palynology and macropalaeobotany to arrive at a general reconstruction of the Early Eocene environment in Macquarie Harbour in western Tasmania and its major vegetation types. The environment is interpreted as estuarine with a range of subenvironments including estuarine mouth bar, fully subtidal sands, tidal flat with mangroves, and freshwater swamps. Supratidal freshwater swamp forest (sometimes conifer‐dominated) was fringed with Nypa mangrove swamps in the high tidal regions. Non‐vegetated tidal mud and sand flats occurred in regions with longer tidal submergence. The Macquaríe Harbour beds are given formation status and the Strahan Sand Member is defined.Keywords
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