The Arckaringa Basin is an endorheic basin in Australia. It is 80,000 square kilometres (31,000 sq mi) in size and is located in South Australia.
Structure
The basin structure features an elevated central platform. There are both glacigene sediments deposited in the upper Carboniferous and Permian coal measures which are mostly covered by Mesozoic sediments. Infills in the Arckaringa Basin are dominated by mass flow deposits. ==Resources==
Resources
Reports as of February 2013 estimate that the oil-bearing shale of the basin may contain between of petroleum or petroleum equivalent. ==Footnotes==