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The Queensland Plateau

Created 02/03/2026

Updated 02/03/2026

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The Queensland Plateau, a large fragment of Australian continental crust lying more than 1000m below sea level off northern Queensland, was covered by extensive marine geophysical traversing in 1971 and tested by stratigraphic drilling in the same year. This Bulletin presents the results of stratigraphic mapping of the Plateau using the acoustic stratigraphy available from seismic reflection profiling tied to the drill site. The sedimentary and structural history of the Plateau is deduced and compared with generalised models of rift-margin evolution; considerable departure from the 'norm' is demonstrated.

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Title The Queensland Plateau
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/11f55d67-5949-4a0a-b6f1-031212eafbf0
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      [
        146.0,
        -21.0
      ],
      [
        153.0,
        -21.0
      ],
      [
        153.0,
        -11.0
      ],
      [
        146.0,
        -11.0
      ],
      [
        146.0,
        -21.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "The Queensland Plateau". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/the-queensland-plateau6