Geologically the Australian state of New South Wales consists of seven main regions: Lachlan Fold Belt, the Hunter-Bowen Orogeny or New England Orogen (NEO), the Delamerian Orogeny, the Clarence Moreton Basin, the Great Artesian Basin, the Sydney Basin, and the Murray Basin.[1]
There are a few other sedimentary basins, the Great Artesian Basin can be broken into the Eromanga Basin in the west and the Surat Basin to the east. The Sydney Basin extends north into the Gunnedah Basin, which goes even further north into the Bowen Basin which extends into Queensland, under the Surat Basin. The New England Orogen has a few small Basins included, such as the Lorne Basin, the Myall Syncline, and Gloucester Basin. The Oaklands Basin is in the south of the state under the Murray Basin. The Darling Basin is in the state's west, but mostly covered by the Murray Basin. Gilgandra Sub-Basin and Paka Tank Trough are potential places for coal and gas.[2]
New South Wales is home to some important mining operations including Broken Hill and coal mining and burning in the Hunter and Illawarra.[3]
- ^ Packham, G. H., ed. (November 1969). The Geology of New South Wales. Sydney: Geological Society of Australia.
- ^ "Regional geology of NSW sedimentary basins". 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ "New South Wales coalfields".
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