Neranleigh-Fernvale Beds | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Devonian-Early Carboniferous ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Thickness | 2,500–3,500 m (8,200–11,500 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Siltstone, chert, basalt |
Location | |
Coordinates | 28°20′03″S 153°34′26″E / 28.334132°S 153.573864°E |
Region | New South Wales & Queensland |
Country | Australia |
Type section | |
Named for | Neranwood & Beenleigh |
Named by | Bryan and Jones 1950, renamed by Korsch, R.J. & Harrington, H.J., 1981 |
Year defined | 1950 |
Region | New South Wales & Queensland |
Country | Australia |
The Neranleigh-Fernvale beds is a geologic formation in the north east of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. This formation was created in the Late Devonian to the Early Carboniferous, of a thickness up to 3,500 metres (11,500 ft).