Narooma terrane

It can be found on the surface around Narooma, Batemans Bay and down south into Victoria near Mallacoota.

[1] It was moved by the Pacific Plate westwards for about 2500 km until it encountered the east coast of Gondwana.

The complex is made up of an imbricate stack in a sequence that is the same both at Narooma and Murruna Point, Batemans Bay.

Special textures from the high strain zone include pressure solution, dilational veins and boudinage.

Pockets of underplated material are expected to form low angle detachments.

[6] The terrane gradually approached the continental margin and began to include sediments derived from the continent, such as sandstone, siltstone, argillite and shale as well as chert bands.

[5] After formation the terrane was accreted to the Lachlan Fold Belt in the early Silurian.