(Table 1) Detrital modes for sand grains in sediment core CRP-1

Most samples are largely composed of quartzo-feldspathic detritus sourced dominantly from Palaeozoic granitoids and quartzose sedimentary sequences. Minor contributions from basic lamprophyre dykes, felsic dykes and possibly Kirkpatrick basalts are also identified as detrital components for the first time.

The provenance also included a minor outcrop area of high-grade metamorphic rocks. Detritus derived from a Ferrar dolerite source is common throughout. It was possibly derived mainly from thick sills of the lower coastal ranges (intruding Palaeozoic and older "basement") rather than those sills intruding the stratigraphically higher Beacon sedimentary sequence, although this suggestion is not strongly constrained.