Carnarvon Basin

This article is about the geological feature of Western Australia. For other uses, see Carnarvon.

The Carnarvon Basin is a geological basin located in the north west of Western Australia which extends from the Dampier Archipelago to the Murchison bioregion,[1][2] and is the main geological feature that makes up the North West Shelf. The onshore part of the Carnarvon Basin covers about 115,000 km2 and the offshore part covers approximately 535,000 km2 with water depths up to 3,500 metres. It is separated into two major areas - the Northern Carnarvon Basin, and the Southern Carnarvon Basin.

  1. ^ Brearley, Anne (2005). Ernest Hodkin's Swanland. Crawley, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 1920694382.
  2. ^ "Geoscience Australia - Offshore Northwest Australia". Archived from the original on 5 August 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2008. for a regional perspective