Eromanga
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Thought to be from a word meaning "hot gale plain" or "windy plain" in an unknown Aboriginal language. Used as the town name since about 1860. For details, see Eromanga, Queensland § History on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Proper noun
[edit]Eromanga
- A prehistoric inland sea that formed on the Australian continent during the Cretaceous period.
- A sedimentary basin of central and northern Australia that was once covered by the sea.
- 1983, Queensland Geology, Geological Survey of Queensland, Publication 383, page 128,
- The geological evolution of the Eromanga Basin closely parallels that of the Surat Basin, and the two basins were joined across the Nebine Ridge almost from their inception.
- 1994, Mary E. White, After the Greening, Kangaroo Press, page 38,
- In parts of the Eromanga Basin that were the most southerly during Cretaceous times some of the Bulldog Shale contains pineapple-shaped crystal clusters known as glendonites.
- 1999, Flora of Australia, Volume 1, CSIRO Publishing, page 278,
- The gymnospermous component of the Eromanga palynofloras includes a high proportion of podocarp pollen, and the cryptogam spore assemblages are more diverse and contain greater proportions of Gleichenia- and Anemia-type spores than those from the south-east (Dettmann, 1994).
- 1983, Queensland Geology, Geological Survey of Queensland, Publication 383, page 128,
- A town in Queensland, Australia, situated on the edge of the basin.