Eromanga Sea
A shallow inland sea that flooded much of central and eastern Australia several times in the Early Cretaceous, from the Eromanga Basin to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Its cold, muddy floor left the sediments in which central Australia's precious opal later formed.
Dated events and their evidence
- about 120,000,000 years ago mainstream
the Eromanga Sea floods central and eastern Australia in the Early Cretaceous, around 120 million years ago by OzGeology's figure; it returns at least four times source - about 95,000,000 years ago mainstream
the sea withdraws from the interior for the last time, about 95 million years ago according to OzGeology source
Where
26.0000° S, 140.0000° E
The point is Wikipedia's position for the sea, in the Eromanga Basin near the corner where Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales meet; the sea itself covered a large part of the continent's interior.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eromanga_Sea
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2013.784219
- https://ozgeology.com/blogs/news/the-eromanga-sea-an-inland-sea-that-covered-one-third-of-australia
Each event carries Aion's own evidence grade (mainstream, disputed or speculative). This page repeats what the globe shows for this place.