Karijini National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park in the Pilbara region of Western Australia
About Karijini National Park
The Pilbara is a "craton" - a fragment of the earth's original crust of 3.5 billion years ago that somehow never got splintered and re-absorbed into the planetary interior by the milling of plate tectonics. About 2.5 billion years ago it lay under a shallow sea, and iron ores were deposited on the seabed, interlayered with volcanic ash. The earth's atmosphere had very little oxygen, so the iron was oxidised by marine bacterial photosynthesis - it was only when all the iron was sated that the bacteria converted earth into a "blue planet", 2.3 billion years ago. The seabed deposits were compressed into layers of dolomite and shale, then uplifted as the Hamersley Range of mountains, bringing a rich source of minerals within reach of any society that prized them. The north edge of the range is
Where to Stay in Karijini National Park
- 🏨Auski Munjina Roadhouse
- 🏨Dales campground
- 🏨Karijini Eco Retreat
Karijini National Park Travel Guide Sections
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