The age of the lateritized summit surface on Kangaroo Island and adjacent areas of South Australia
- 1 December 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
- Vol. 21 (4) , 387-392
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00167617408728860
Abstract
Stratigraphic, geomorphological, and radiometric evidence shows that the laterite of the high plains and plateau of Kangaroo Island is older than the Middle Jurassic but younger than the Early Permian. Palaeoclimatic and palaeontological considerations suggest the Triassic as the most likely age of both the laterite and the surface on which it is developed. High‐level lateritized surfaces in the adjacent Mount Lofty Ranges and southern Eyre Peninsula are of similar age.Keywords
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