Evidence for cold climatic intervals producing glaciation during the Early Cretaceous.

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This paper is the culmination of years of research with my co-authors during which we have built on the past work of many other geologists and extends the findings of Alley and Frakes (2003) for the first evidence of glacial ice at a site referred to as Recorder Hill. It is a distillation of the paleoclimatic story from a much bigger volume being written by Alley and Hore for the Geological Survey of South Australia, that expands on the evidence for glaciation and the broader climatic changes, establishes a revised stratigraphy for the southern Eromanga Basin, including new formations, develops a detailed sea level curve linked to Haq's work and tells the story of landsurface evolution during and since the Early Cretaceous. This work should be of great value to mineral and petroleum explorers, as well as in understanding groundwater distribution in the southern Great Artesian Basin. Most of all it is a great detective story that should intrigue not only researchers but also the general public. NF Alley (now retired) is proud to be associated with and to receive the support for the research from the Geological Survey of South Australia.

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