Lihat sumber Cekungan Eromanga

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'''Cekungan Eromanga''' adalah [[cekungan sedimen]] [[Mesozoikum]] besar di [[Australia]] utara dan tengah. Cekungan ini mencakup [[Queensland]], [[Wilayah Utara]], [[Australia Selatan]], dan [[New South Wales]], dan merupakan komponen utama dari [[Cekungan Artesis Raksasa]]. Cekungan Eromanga mencakup 1.000.000&nbsp;km²<ref name="geeb">{{cite web|date=17 September 2010|title=Geothermal Energy: Eromanga Basin|url=http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/geothermal/prospectivity/geothermal_provinces/eromanga_basin|publisher=Primary Industries and Resources SA|accessdate=26 June 2011}}</ref> dan tumpang tindih dengan bagian [[Cekungan Cooper]].

Cekungan ini terbuat dari [[batu pasir]], [[batu lanau]], [[batu lumpur]], [[batu bara]], [[batu serpih]], dan ''[[red bed]]''.<ref name="gnteb">{{cite web|date=6 October 2010|title=Geology of the Northern Territory: Eromanga Basin|url=http://www.nt.gov.au/d/Minerals_Energy/Geoscience/index.cfm?Header=Eromanga%20Basin|publisher=Department of Resources|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215808/http://www.nt.gov.au/d/Minerals_Energy/Geoscience/index.cfm?Header=Eromanga%20Basin|archive-date=3 March 2016|accessdate=26 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dua struktur tumbukan telah diidentifikasi di cekungan, yaitu [[kawah Gunung Toondina]] dan [[kawah Tookoonooka]].

Di Queensland dan Australia Selatan Cekungan Eromanga telah dijelajahi dan dikembangkan untuk produksi [[minyak bumi]].<ref name="ebgo">{{cite web|title=Eromanga Basin - Geological Overview|url=http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/minerals/geological/overview/regional/sedimentary-basins/eromanga|publisher=NSW Department of Primary Industries|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414001809/http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/minerals/geological/overview/regional/sedimentary-basins/eromanga|archivedate=14 April 2012|accessdate=26 June 2011}}</ref> Jumlah komersial gas pertama kali ditemukan pada tahun 1976 dan minyak ditemukan pada tahun 1978.<ref name="geeb" /> Cekungan ini berisi ladang minyak darat terbesar di Australia, [[ladang minyak Jackson]].<ref name="irf">{{Cite news|author=Nigel Wilson|date=2 October 2007|title=Innamincka's results fire share surge|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/innaminckas-results-fire-share-surge/story-e6frg9df-1111114546878|newspaper=The Australian|publisher=News Limited|accessdate=26 June 2011}}</ref> [[Moomba, Australia Selatan|Moomba]] adalah pusat produksi minyak Australia selatan di cekungan ini.

[[Geologi]] bagian dari Cekungan Eromanga di New South Wales masih sedang dalam eksplorasi.<ref name="ebgo" />

Selama pertengahan [[Kapur (periode)|periode Kapur]], sebagian pedalaman Australia dibanjiri [[Laut Eromanga]], yang bernama sama dengan nama cekungan ini. Berbagai situs [[fosil]] yang terbentang di wilayah tersebut menunjukkan adanya keragaman biota laut prasejarah, termasuk hewan-hewan dari ordo [[Plesiosauria]] dan [[Ichthyosauria]], yang melimpah di Laut Eromanga selama sub-kala [[Aptium]] dan [[Albium]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Clode |first=Danielle |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/895759221 |title=Prehistoric marine life in Australia's inland sea |publisher=[[Museum Victoria]] |date=August 2015 |isbn=978-1-921833-16-8 |oclc=895759221}}</ref>

== Lihat juga ==
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* [[Kebijakan Energi di Australia]]
* [[Geologi New South Wales]]
* [[Geologi Australia Selatan]]
* [[Geologi Queensland]]

== Referensi ==
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== Pranala luar ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211216/http://www.nt.gov.au/d/Minerals_Energy/Geoscience/index.cfm?newscat1=Geology%20of%20the%20Northern%20Territory&newscat2=Geology%20of%20the%20Northern%20Territory&header=Eromanga%20Basin Eromanga Basin geology, Northern Territory Geological Survey] (diakses 2010-05-04)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120729125823/http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/factsheets/pdf/water/w68.pdf Great Artesian Basin Factsheet, Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water] (diakses 2007-10-27)

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[[Kategori:Geologi Australia]]
[[Kategori:Cekungan sedimen di Australia]]


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