The relationship of structures across the Lambian unconformity near Taralga,New South Wales |
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| Authors: | C McA Powell C L Fergusson |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Earth Sciences , Macquarie University , North Ryde, N.S.W., 2113;2. Dept of Geology , University of New England , Armidale, N.S.W., 2351 |
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| Abstract: | The structures across the Lambian Unconformity near Taralga show evidence of two, and possibly three, significant episodes of folding. The first, Early to Middle Silurian folding is poorly defined, but may be responsible for initial dips that are reflected in the more complex deformation patterns in the Late Ordovician than in the overlying younger rocks. The second, mid‐Devonian folding produced upright folds trending 10° west of north, and the last, latest Devonian to Early Carboniferous folding produced the meridional Cookbundoon Synclinorium and the regional cleavage. No cleavage was associated with the first two episodes of folding in the area studied. The angular discordance across the Lambian Unconformity caused by mid‐Devonian folding is much greater than in the northeastern Lachlan Fold Belt, and reflects the increasing intensity of mid‐Devonian folding southward. The tight, slightly overturned profile of the Cookbundoon Synclinorium reflects an intensity of latest Devonian to Early Carboniferous folding similar to that found in the northeastern Lachlan Fold Belt, but the intensity of this folding decreases further south. |
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