The Kanimblan orogeny was a mountain-building event in eastern

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toward the end of

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time (about 318 million years ago). It was a terminal orogenic episode forming the

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, which was also known as the Lachlan Geosyncline before the advent of the

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theory. Uplift and deformation occurred in a 1,000 km belt extending from

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to Cape York. However the original width was 2,000 to 3,000 km wide, with the excess size absorbed by

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and

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ing. The Kanimblan orogeny also affected the Tasman Geosyncline, which is aligned parallel with the Kanimblan orogen.

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