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The relationship between the Kaindi metamorphics and Cretaceous rocks at Snake River, Territory of Papua and New Guinea

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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Cretaceous rocks at Snake River, New Guinea, were previously regarded as part of the Kaindi Metamorphics. However, discordance and difference in metamorphic grade between the Cretaceous rocks (here named the Snake River Greywacke), and the more complexly folded and more highly metamorphosed Kaindi Metamorphics suggest that the metamorphics are considerably older than Cretaceous, and are probably Palaeozoic.

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Title The relationship between the Kaindi metamorphics and Cretaceous rocks at Snake River, Territory of Papua and New Guinea
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/0260c887-2763-48b2-8feb-b3d3253d867d
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "The relationship between the Kaindi metamorphics and Cretaceous rocks at Snake River, Territory of Papua and New Guinea". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/the-relationship-between-the-kaindi-metamorphics-and-cretaceous-rocks-at-snake-river-territory-