[Aqualist] Talk on the Neogene evolution of the Murray Basin at The University of Melbourne

[Barbara Wagstaff]

Dear Members,

Please note the Geological Society of Australia (Victoria Division) talk by Dr. Sandra McLaren
School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne titled “The Neogene evolution of the Murray Basin”
At 6.15 p.m. on Thursday 3ist May, Fritz-Loewe Theatre, Earth Sciences Building, The University of Melbourne
Preceded at 5:30 p.m. by drinks and nibbles in the tea-room, 4th floor. Cost $2

Abstract: The Murray Basin is a low-lying but extensive intracratonic depocentre in southeastern Australia, preserving an extraordinary record of Late
Neogene sedimentation. A recent project at the University of Melbourne has seen the collection of new stratigraphic, sedimentologic and
geochronologic data across the Murray Basin. This new work has enabled a detailed re-evaluation of the basin’s history
to be completed. Of particular interest are new data which suggest a significant role for: (1) tectonism in controlling basin evolution, and (2) progressive and step-wise
climatic change that began in the early Pleistocene. This talk will present a summary of the project, with a particular emphasis on the implications
of the new results for understanding the timing of onset of arid climatic conditions in southeastern Australia.

Regards....Barbara
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Dr Barbara Wagstaff
Palynologist
School of Earth Sciences
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010

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