Site: Serra

Island: New Guinea       Lithology: NA ( Nunn et al. (2016) )

Lithology and Age: Cenozoic sedimentary rocks ( Chorlton (2007) )       Macrostrat Geological Map Link

Near/In Geonames ID: 2086894       Wikidata ID: None       Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: None

Mindat Loc ID: None


In:

Sandaun (West Sepik) Province Wikidata ID: Q753689

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Fabrics:

None (0) Minor (1) Few (2) Common (3) Frequent (4) Major (5) Very Dominant (6)
0% 0-5% 5-15% 15-30 % 30-50% 50-70% 70-100%

Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
tpr85 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
Northcoast PNG type A 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 PNG
tpr86 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
Northcoast PNG type B 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 PNG
tpr87 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
Northcoast PNG type C 0 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 PNG

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_28_4 tpr85 (Northcoast PNG type A) Aitape coast 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
WD_28_9 tpr86 (Northcoast PNG type B) Aitape coast 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic
WD_28_17 tpr87 (Northcoast PNG type C) Aitape coast 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 microphaneritic, microlitic, felsitic

WD_28_4

Serra610 Serra610
Sherd 610 from Serra (New Guinea). Slide WD_28_4 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Type A. Abundant well sorted and rounded quartz-feldspar-lithics non-placer temper.


WD_28_9

Serra609_1 Serra609_1
Sherd 609-1 from Serra (New Guinea). Slide WD_28_9 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Type B. Sparse well sorted and rounded quartz-feldspar-lithics non-placer temper.


WD_28_17

Serra606_1 Serra606_1
Sherd 606-1 from Serra (New Guinea). Slide WD_28_17 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Type C. Abundant natural temper.


References:

151 North Coast PNG, 1997 (superseded by 167) (Dickinson, W.)

167 sands, tempers, NW coast PNG, 2001 (Dickinson, W.)