Seismic insert
Northern great barrier reef
North-central great barrier reef
0
4
Time (seconds)
Time (seconds)
Reef
Tropical
Temperate
Basemet
0
4
Time (seconds)
0
3
Time (seconds)
0
4
Time (seconds)
0
3
Central great barrier reef
Queensland plateau
Southern great barrier reef
140
145
150
Papua New Guinea
10
20
Sea
Coral
4000
20 00
3000
1000
1000
3000
2 0 0
R
e
e
f
Marion
plateau
Gladstone
B a r r ie r
Townsville
Cairns
Queensland
0
300 km
Australia
D
C
E
B
Plateau
Queensland
Gulf of
Papua
Ashmore-boot
-Portlock reefs
23/OQ/116
a
b
c
d
e
Great Barrier Reef: Origin, Evolution, and Modern Development, Figure 9 Aspects of the structural history and sedimentologic
framework of northeast Australia illustrated by schematic sections across the north, central and southern regions. An interpretative
north to south tie shows the thinning and thickening of tropical and temperate sediments as a consequence of drift.
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GREAT BARRIER REEF: ORIGIN, EVOLUTION, AND MODERN DEVELOPMENT