Origins of Australia: 2

Map by AUCWA - March 1999
Source: 'Tectonic evolution of Proterozoic Australia' by John S Myers, Russell D Shaw and Ian M Tyler from 'Tectonics', Volume 15 No 6 Pages 1431-1446 December 1996.

Following the creation of the Australian continent, the mountain ranges are eroded away across millions of years. The sediments collect in a broad area known as the Centralian Superbasin. Over time, this layer of sediment is consolidated into sandstones and mudstones.

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