Cattamarra Coal Measures

Cattamarra Coal Measures
Cattamarra Coal Measures
Stratigraphic range: Pliensbachian-Aalenian; ~190–172 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Sub-units	Bitter Pool Claystone
Underlies	Cadda & Yarragadee Formations
Overlies	Eneabba Formation, Lesueur Sandstone
Thickness	1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Siltstone, claystone, coal
Location
Coordinates	30.3°S 115.2°E / -30.3; 115.2][[Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas]]"},"html":"Coordinates: </templatestyles>\"}' data-mw='{\"name\":\"templatestyles\",\"attrs\":{\"src\":\"Module:Coordinates/styles.css\"},\"body\":{\"extsrc\":\"\"}}'/>30°18′S 115°12′E / 30.3°S 115.2°E"}">
Approximate paleocoordinates	39.3°S 56.2°E
Region	Western Australia
Country	Australia
Extent	Perth Basin
	Cattamarra Coal Measures (Australia)

The Cattamarra Coal Measures is an Early Jurassic geological unit in Western Australia.^[1]

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They are part of the Perth Basin, and are a sequence of non-marine, probably fluvial 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 constitute an unconventional tight gas reservoir.^[3]

There are well preserved fossil insects from the Jurassic age in the deposit.^[4]

Toarcian turnover
Toarcian formations
- Marne di Monte Serrone, Italy
- Calcare di Sogno, Italy
- Sachrang Formation, Austria
- Posidonia Shale, Lagerstätte in Germany
- Ciechocinek Formation, Germany and Poland
- Krempachy Marl Formation, Poland and Slovakia
- Lava Formation, Lithuania
- Azilal Group, North Africa
- Whitby Mudstone, England
- Fernie Formation, Alberta and British Columbia
  - Poker Chip Shale
- Whiteaves Formation, British Columbia
- Navajo Sandstone, Utah
- Los Molles Formation, Argentina
- Mawson Formation, Antarctica
- Kandreho Formation, Madagascar
- Kota Formation, India
- Unconventional (oil & gas) reservoir

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[1]
"Cattamarra Coal Measures". Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
[2]
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
[3]
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
[4]
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

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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. Bibcode:2015MarPG..60...54T. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.08.024.
Stratigraphy and petroleum systems elements of the northern Perth Basin
S. K. Martin. 2010. Early Jurassic cockroaches (Blattodea) from the Mintaja insect locality, Western Australia. Alavesia 3:55–72
S. K. Martin. 2008. A new protorhyphid fly (Insecta: Diptera: Protorhyphidae) from the Lower Jurassic of the Perth Basin, Western Australia. Alavesia 2:253–257

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[1] [1]
"Cattamarra Coal Measures". Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 6 December 2015.

[2] [2]
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

[3] [3]
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

[4] [4]
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

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