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dominate the landscape. Soils are invariably dominated by the weathering products of the volcanics, and are typically red in colour due to abundant oxidised iron weathering in the arid environment. No major rivers drain the ranges, however several internal catchments feed the modern playa lakes
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comprise a remarkably minor component of the magmatism (<1%). The Gawler Ranges
Volcanics were also erupted at remarkably high temperatures (~950-1100 °C) for felsic magmas, and this, coupled with their very high
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A Mesoproterozoic continental flood rhyolite province, the Gawler Ranges, Australia: the end member example of the Large
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Magmatic and volcanic evolution of a silicic large igneous province (SLIP): the Gawler Range
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further west. It was on this expedition that Edward John Eyre made the first recorded sighting of South
Australia's floral emblem, the
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The rocks within the ranges were formed by volcanic activity between ~1595-1592 Ma, when the
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792:(1). Taylor & Francis: 79–83.
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544:List of mountains in Australia
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648:"Gawler Ranges National Park"
635:University of South Australia
584:Government of South Australia
231:of the Gawler Ranges are the
892:Volcanoes of South Australia
912:Far North (South Australia)
492:southern hairy-nosed wombat
264:Governor of South Australia
201:Gawler Ranges National Park
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867:Andrewartha, H.G (1972).
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476:Major Mitchell's cockatoo
258:The ranges were named by
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749:Agangi, Andrea (2011).
757:University of Tasmania
737:Pankhurst et al., 2011
536:South Australia portal
508:Hiltaba Nature Reserve
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141:32.533°S 135.367°E
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692:2009-11-24
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435:Bornhardts
262:after the
249:rock holes
814:1440-0952
762:9 January
590:9 January
415:meteorite
410:granite.
381:viscosity
357:rhyolitic
233:Barngarla
97:Australia
89:Geography
80:Elevation
849:Archived
831:Archived
722:15 March
604:licence.
522:See also
440:Gairdner
372:andesite
368:Basaltic
132:135°22′E
58:rhyolite
794:Bibcode
755:(PhD).
486:Mammals
377:halogen
361:dacitic
320:Geology
311:Nonning
303:Hiltaba
253:granite
251:in the
237:Kokatha
215:History
209:Wudinna
157:Geology
129:32°32′S
94:Country
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393:craton
291:Yardea
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462:Birds
205:Kimba
102:State
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