Budgong Sandstone

Budgong Sandstone is a lithic sedimentary rock occurring in the Sydney Basin in eastern Australia. This stratum is up to 370 metres thick. Formed in the Late Permian,[1] it consists mostly of tuffaceous material from local Illawarra volcanic rocks. Budgong Sandstone is reddish brown to grey in colour. It creates soils which are associated with rainforest vegetation.[2]

exposed rock near Lake Illawarra, Australia

See also

References
  1. Rainforests of the Illawarra District, 1995, authors Kevin Mills and Jacqueline Jakeman, pages 4, 9 & 64. Coachwood Publishing, ISBN 064621506X
  2. "Budgong Sandstone". Geo Science Australia. Australian Government. Retrieved 17 May 2016.


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