Age Northern Terrace

Period Epoch Stage Central Deep West Central Deep East Southern Terrace
(Ma)
Holocene Lt. Pleist. unnamed unnamed unnamed
QUATERNARY
Pleistocene M. Pleist. unit unit unit
E. Pleist.
Pliocene Gelasian
Piacenzian
5 Whiting
Zanclean Whiting
Messinian Formation
Formation equivalent
undifferentiated
Gippsland undifferentiated
Tortonian Limestone Gippsland
10
NEOGENE

Limestone
unnamed unit
Cod

Mid-Mio Channel
Serravallian equivalent to
Formation

Seaspray Group

Seaspray Group
Cod and Conger
Miocene formations

Seaspray Group
Seaspray Group
Unnamed
Langhian Calcareous Conger
15 Sandstone
Formation
Barracouta
Channel

Burdigalian Lakes
Entrance Swordfish
20 Swordfish Lakes Formation
Formation
Formation Entrance equivalent
Aquitanian Formation

25
Chattian

Oligocene Early
Early Early Oligocene
30 Early
Oligocene Oligocene wedge
Rupelian Oligocene
wedge wedge
wedge

35 Gurnard
Priabonian Formation

Cobia Subgroup
Formation
Cobia Subgroup

Cobia Subgroup
Gurnard

Gurnard
Formation

Cobia Subgroup
Bartonian Gurnard
40
Burong Formation
PALEOGENE

Burong Burong
Formation
Formation Formation
Lutetian
45 Eocene
Opah Formation
equivalent

Flounder
50 Kingfish Formation
Formation
Ypresian
Kingfish
Formation
55

Halibut Subgroup
Kingfish
Formation

Halibut Subgroup
Thanetian
Halibut Subgroup

Halibut Subgroup

Heart
Member Kingfish
60 Selandian Formation

Latrobe Group
Paleocene
Latrobe Group

Latrobe Group

Paleocene Carrajung Carrajung

Latrobe Group
volcanics Volcanics Volcanics
Danian Grunter
65 Member Kate
Roundhead Shale
Barracouta Member Volador Volador
Formation Formation Formation
Maastrichtian
70
Volador
Formation

75
Golden Beach Subgroup

Chimaera
Golden Beach Subgroup

Chimaera
Formation Formation

Golden Beach Subgroup

Golden Beach Subgroup

Campanian
Campanian Campanian
volcanics volcanics Campanian Campanian
80 volcanics volcanics
Chimaera
Chimaera Formation Chimaera Chimaera
Formation Anemone Formation Formation
Late Formation

85 Santonian

Coniacian
Emperor Subgroup
Emperor Subgroup
Emperor Subgroup
Emperor Subgroup

90 Kipper
Emperor Kipper Shale
Turonian Kipper Shale Subgroup Shale
(inferred) Kersop
Admiral
Arkose
Formation
95 Wombat
Volcanics
CRETACEOUS

Cenomanian

100
Strzelecki Group

105 Wonthaggi
Formation
Albian
Strzelecki Group

? Wonthaggi
110 Formation
(inferred)

115
Strzelecki Group

Strzelecki Group

Wonthaggi Wonthaggi
Early Aptian Formation Formation
(inferred) (inferred)
120

Barremian
125

130 Hauterivian

Valanginian
PP-3977-3

Sandstone Chalk Volcanics Oil discovery Gas discovery and oil show
Gas discovery Oil show
Limestone Claystone Eroded section Oil and gas discovery Gas show