Modern and palaeogeographic trends in the salinisation of the Western Australian Wheatbelt

• Published in: ASEG Extended Abstracts: ASEG2006 - 18th Geophysical Conference Vol. 2006; no. 1; pp. 1 - 22
• Main Authors: George, Richard, Clarke, Jonathan, English, Pauline
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 01.12.2006
• Subjects: dryland salinity; Palaeoclimate; playa; regolith; Western Australia; Wheatbelt

The Western Australian Wheatbelt has been essentially geologically stable since the late Permian although the Archaean basement sustained some movement during the break-up of Gondwanaland and the northward drift of Australia from Antarctica. During the Early Cretaceous, Eocene and more recently, the...