The stratigraphy of the Tertiary marine rocks in Gippsland, Victoria

This Bulletin presents the results of detailed studies of the Tertiary marine sequence in Gippsland, Victoria. Most of the information used in it has been obtained as a result of scout drilling jointly by the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments and of wildcat drilling by private companies. Though primarily a detailed study of a local problem, the results cannot frail to have an important bearing on the stratigraphy of the Tertiary rocks in the Australasian region and this in turn will facilitate the study of problems involving palaeogeography and correlation with extra Australian areas. The results will also have an important bearing on a major economic problem the search for oil in Australia.

本公报呈现了对澳大利亚维多利亚州吉普斯兰地区第三纪海相地层序列的详细研究成果。本报告所用的大部分资料，均来自维多利亚州政府与澳大利亚联邦政府联合开展的普查钻井作业，以及私营企业实施的野猫勘探钻井。尽管本研究主要针对局部区域问题展开详细探究，但其成果无疑对澳大利亚区域内第三纪岩石地层学研究具有重要参考价值；而这一成果又将助力古地理学相关研究，以及与澳大利亚以外地区的地层对比工作。该研究成果同时对澳大利亚石油勘探这一重大经济议题具有关键意义。