Australia: The Land Where Time Began

A biography of the Australian continent 

Mereernie Sandstone Silurian

Found in the Amadeus Basin of central Australia, this is one of the few examples known of a Silurian aeolian sandstone - deposited under desert conditions, as opposed to the usual sandstone resulting from deposition in water.

Penny Van Oosterzee, 1993, The Centre - The Natural history of Australia's Desert Regions, Reed Australia.