The
Georgina Basin is a large (ca. 330,000 km²)
intracratonic sedimentary basin in central and northern
Australia, lying mostly within the
Northern Territory and partly within
Queensland. It is named after the
Georgina River which drains part of the basin. Deposition of locally up to ca. 4
km of marine and non-marine
sedimentary rocks took place from the
Neoproterozoic to the late
Paleozoic (ca. 850-350
Ma). Along with other nearby sedimentary basins of similar age (
Amadeus Basin,
Officer Basin), the Georgina Basin is believed to have once been part of the hypothetical
Centralian Superbasin, that was fragmented during episodes of tectonic activity.
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