Legacy Reports
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The Reports were introduced by the Minister for Supply and Development, John Armstrong, in 1948. They were specifically intended to provide a broad audience with the preliminary results of investigations in a formal publication. Production was of a higher quality than the Records, but less than the Bulletins, to avoid delays in disseminating the information. The Report series ended with number 307 in 1992.
| Report Number | Title |
|---|---|
| Preliminary report on the geophysical survey of the Collie Coal Basin | |
| Observations on stratigraphy and palaeontology of Devonian, western portion of Kimberley Division, Western Australia | |
| Preliminary report on geology and coal resources of Oaklands-Coorabin coalfield, New South Wales | |
| Geology of the Nerrima Dome, Kimberley Division, Western Australia | |
| Observations of terrestrial magnetism at Heard, Kerguelen and Macquarie Islands, 1947-1948 | |
| Geology of New Occidental, New Cobar and Chesney mines, Cobar, New South Wales | |
| Mount Chalmers copper and gold mine, Queensland | |
| Geological and geophysical surveys, Ashford Coalfield, New South Wales. Part 1: Geology. Part 2: Geophysics | |
| The mineral deposits and mining industry of Papua-New Guinea | |
| Geological reconnaissance of south-western portion of Northern Territory | |
| The Nelson Bore, south-western Victoria, micro-palaeontology and stratigraphical succession | |
| Stratigraphy and micropalaeontology of the marine Tertiary rocks between Adelaide and Aldinga, South Australia | |
| The geology of Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia | |
| A provisional isogonic map of Australia and New Guinea, showing predicted value for the epoch 1955.5 | |
| Progress report on the stratigraphy and structure of the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia | |
| Seismic reflection survey at Roma, Queensland | |
| Mount Philp iron deposit, Cloncurry district, Queensland | |
| Petrology and petrography of limestones : from the Fitzroy Basin, Western Australia | |
| Seismic reflection survey, Darriman, Gippsland, Victoria | |
| Micropalaeontological investigations in the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, 1927-52 | |
| Magnetic results from Heard Island, 1952 | |
| Oil in glauconitic sandstone at Lakes Entrance, Victoria | |
| Seismic reflection survey at Roma, Queensland, 1952-53 | |
| Sedimentary environment as a control of uranium mineralization in the Katherine-Darwin region, Northern Territory | |
| Papers on Tertiary micropalaeontology | |
| Eruptive activity and associated phenomena, Langila volcano, New Britain | |
| Magnetic results from Macquarie Island, 1952 | |
| The identification of the boundary between coal measures and marine beds, Singleton-Muswellbrook district, New South Wales | |
| The geology of the south-western Canning Basin, Western Australia | |
| Magnetic results from Heard Island, 1953 | |
| Magnetic results from Macquarie Island, 1953 | |
| Geophysical investigations for radioactivity in the Harts Range area, Northern Territory | |
| The Tuluman Volcano, St. Andrew Strait, Admiralty Islands | |
| Magnetic results from Heard Island, 1954 | |
| Magnetic results from Macquarie Island, 1954 | |
| Geophysical survey of the Rye Park scheelite deposit, New South Wales | |
| The geology of the coastal area between the lower Gascoyne and Murchison rivers, Western Australia | |
| Papers on Western Australian stratigraphy and palaeontology | |
| Magnetic results from Mawson, Antarctica, 1955 | |
| Magnetic results from Mawson, Antarctica, 1956 | |
| Summary of oil-search activities in Australia and New Guinea to the end of 1957 | |
| Summary of oil-search activities in Australia and New Guinea to June, 1959 | |
| Isogonic map of Australia and New Guinea showing predicted values for epoch 1960.5 | |
| Detailed gravity survey of Rough Range Anticline near Learmonth, Western Australia | |
| Magnetic results from Toolangi Observatory, Victoria, 1949-1951 | |
| Geology of the gold prospects at Union Reefs, Northern Territory | |
| The geology of the Badgeradda area, Western Australia | |
| Stromatolites from the Paradise Creek area, north-western Queensland | |
| The geology of the eastern Central Highlands of New Guinea | |
| The geology of the north-east Canning Basin, Western Australia | |
| Magnetic results from Toolangi Observatory, Victoria, 1952-1954 | |
| Field magnetic observations in Antarctica | |
| The geology of the Musa River area, Papua | |
| The geology of the Howick area, Singleton-Muswellbrook district, New South Wales | |
| Catalogue of type and figured specimens in the Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection, Canberra | |
| Isomagnetic maps of Australia for the epoch 1957.5. Part I: Eastern Australia | |
| Magnetic results from Toolangi Observatory, Victoria, 1955-1958 | |
| Misima Island - geology and gold mineralization | |
| The regional geology of the Davenport and Murchison Ranges, Northern Territory | |
| Geological history of the Cairns-Townsville hinterland, North Queensland | |
| Stratigraphic drilling, Canning Basin, Western Australia | |
| The geology of the southern half of the Hermannsburg 1:250,000 sheet | |
| Isomagnetic maps of Australia for the epoch 1957.5. Part 2 - Central and Western Australia | |
| Isomagnetic maps of eastern New Guinea for the epoch 1957.5 | |
| Geology of the Mount Coolon 1:250 000 Sheet area | |
| Geological reconnaissance of the Rawlinson and Macdonald 1:250 000 Sheet areas, Western Australia | |
| The geology of the Clermont 1:250,000 sheet area, Queensland | |
| Progress report on the geology of the Huckitta 1:250,000 sheet, Northern Territory | |
| The geology of the Emerald 1:250, 000 sheet area, Queensland | |
| Catalogue of fossil type and figured specimens in Tasmania | |
| Subdivision and correlation of the Permian Middle Bowen Beds, Queensland | |
| Catalogue of fossil type and figured specimens in Western Australia | |
| Australian gravity network adjustment, 1962 | |
| Gravity surveys of the Great Barrier Reef and adjacent coast, north Queensland, 1954-1960 | |
| Earthquake activity and seismic risk in Papua and New Guinea | |
| The geology of the Bowutu Mountains, New Guinea | |
| The geology of the Bismarck Mountains, New Guinea | |
| The Tertiary geology of the Boulia region, western Queensland | |
| Geological investigations along the Antarctic coast between longitudes 108 degrees E and 166 degrees E | |
| The geology of the Kainantu goldfields | |
| Completion report BMR 10 and 10A Beagle Ridge Western Australia | |
| Completion report, stratigraphic and structural bores, BMR 6 and 7, Muderong, W.A. | |
| The geology of Fergusson and Goodenough Islands, Papua | |
| The geology of the Tennant Creek one-mile sheet area, N.T. | |
| Completion report, stratigraphic bore BMR 5, Giralia, Western Australia | |
| The geology of the northwestern part of the Amadeus Basin, Northern Territory | |
| The geology of the central part of the Amadeus Basin, Northern Territory | |
| The geology of the south-western margin of the Amadeus Basin, Central Australia | |
| Geology of the southeastern part of the Amadeus Basin, Northern Territory | |
| The geological relationships of the Rum Jungle Complex, Northern Territory | |
| Middle Proterozoic volcanic rocks in the Katherine-Darwin area, Northern Territory | |
| A survey to determine the likelihood of damage by industrial vibrations | |
| Errors and limitations of the magnetic compass | |
| Geophysical exploration for underground water | |
| Blair Athol coalfield gravity survey, Queensland, 1959 | |
| Gippsland Basin airborne magnetic surveys, Victoria, 1951-52 and 1956 | |
| Captains Flat metalliferous geophysical survey, NSW 1960 | |
| Poole Range gravity survey, Western Australia 1953 | |
| Isogonic map of Australia and New Guinea for the epoch 1965.0 | |
| Geology of the southern half of the Bowen 1:250 000 Sheet area, Queensland | |
| Geological and geochemical survey of the Captains Flat area, New South Wales | |
| Geology of the Baralaba 1:250 000 Sheet area, Queensland | |
| Regional geology and structure of the north-eastern margin of the Amadeus Basin, Northern Territory | |
| Geology of the Mackay 1:250 000 Sheet area, Queensland | |
| Geology and mineral deposits, Port Moresby/Kemp Welch area, Papua | |
| A chemical investigation into the role of sorption processes in ore genesis | |
| Short papers from the Vulcanological Observatory, Rabaul, New Britain | |
| Completion report BMR 8, Mount Madeline, and 9, Daurie Creek, Byro Basin, Western Australia | |
| Cambrian and Ordovician geology of the southern part of the Bonaparte Gulf Basin, Western Australia | |
| Magnetic mean hourly values from Watheroo Observatory, Western Australia 1948-1949-1950 | |
| Magnetic mean hourly values from Watheroo Observatory, Western Australia, 1951-1952 | |
| Magnetic mean hourly values from Watheroo Observatory, Western Australia, 1953-1954 | |
| Geology of the northeastern part of the Amadeus Basin, Northern Territory | |
| The geology of the Mount Woodcock 1 mile sheet, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory | |
| Geology of Woodlark Island, Papua | |
| Catalogue of age determinations on Australian rocks, 1962-65 | |
| Geological investigations by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions, 1965 | |
| Magnetic mean hourly values from Watheroo Observatory, Western Australia, 1955-1956 | |
| Magnetic mean hourly values from Watheroo Observatory, Western Australia, 1957-1958 | |
| The geology of the Duaringa and St. Lawrence 1:250, 000 sheet areas, Queensland | |
| Gravity meter calibration ranges in Australia | |
| Geology of the Springsure 1: 250 000 Sheet area, Queensland | |
| Stratigraphic drilling in the Georgina Basin, Northern Territory | |
| Reconnaissance geology and petrography of the Ngalia Basin, N.T. | |
| Geology of the northeastern part of the Hughenden 1:250 000 Sheet area, Queensland | |
| Geology of the Townsville 1:250 000 Sheet area, Queensland | |
| Geology of the Ayr 1:250 000 Sheet area, Queensland | |
| Western Queensland reconnaissance gravity surveys, 1957-1961 | |
| A photogeological assessment of the petroleum geology of the northern New Guinea Basin, north of the Sepik River, T.P.N.G. | |
| North Eromanga and Drummond Basins gravity surveys, Queensland 1959-1963 | |
| Seismicity of Western Australia | |
| Amadeus and South Canning Basins gravity survey, Northern Territory and Western Australia 1962 | |
| Review of the Otway Basin | |
| ANARE 1961 geological traverses on the Mac.Robertson Land and Kemp Land coast | |
| Strangways Range detailed aeromagnetic survey, Northern Territory, 1965 | |
| Geology of the Charters Towers 1:250 000 Sheet area | |
| North Bowen Basin gravity survey, Queensland 1963 | |
| Daly River detailed aeromagnetic survey, Northern Territory 1966 | |
| The Post-Palaeozoic rocks of the Warwick 1:250,000 sheet area, Queensland and New South Wales | |
| Bibliography of the geology of eastern New Guinea (Papua New Guinea) | |
| Geology of the Eddystone, Taroom and western part of the Mundubbera Sheet areas, Queensland | |
| Geology of the Tambo/Augathella area, Queensland | |
| Geology of the Proserpine 1:250 000 Sheet area, Queensland | |
| Geology of northern half of the Bowen 1:250 000 Sheet area, Queensland (with additions to the geology of the southern half) | |
| Bibliography of reports on geology, geomorphology and glacial geology resulting from Australian work in Antarctica | |
| Catalogue of type and figured specimens in the palaeontological collection of the Department of Geology, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W. | |
| Catalogue of additional type and figured specimens of Protista (Foraminifera, radiolaria, and Tintinnia) in the Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection, Canberra | |
| Catalogue of palaeontological type specimens located in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Sydney | |
| Adelaidean and Cambrian stratigraphy of the Mount Ramsay 1:250 000 sheet area, Kimberley region, Western Australia | |
| Bibliography of the Clarence-Moreton Basin, New South Wales and Queensland | |
| The geology of the Lansdowne 1:250 000 sheet area, Western Australia | |
| The Older Precambrian geology of the Lennard River 1:250 000 sheet area, Western Australia | |
| The geology of the Charnley 1:250 000 sheet area, Western Australia | |
| Bibliography of the Canning Basin, Western Australia | |
| Bibliography of the Bonaparte Gilf Basin, W.A. and N.T. (to 28 February 1970 | |
| Bibliography of the Perth Basin, Western Australia | |
| Bibliography of the Sydney Basin (to 31 December 1969) | |
| Isomagnetic maps of the Australian region for epoch 1970.0 | |
| Catalogue of additional type and figured specimens other than Protista in the Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection, Canberra | |
| The geology of the Auvergne 1:250 000 sheet area, Northern Territory (excluding Bonaparte Gulf Basin) | |
| Catalogue of isotopic age determinations on Australian rocks, 1966-70 | |
| A detailed seismic study of Gosses Bluff, Northern Territory | |
| Palaeozoic geology of the Warwick and Goondiwindi 1:250 000 Sheet areas, Queensland and New South Wales | |
| Theses in Australian universities 1969-70: abstracts | |
| The geology of the northern Victoria River region, Northern Territory | |
| The geology of the southern Victoria River region, Northern Territory | |
| AFMAG field recording, 1968-1971 | |
| Seismicity of the New Guinea/Solomon Islands region, 1968 | |
| Bibliography of reports on laterite, silcrete, and related materials resulting from studies in Australia | |
| Environmental significance of folds in the Rangal Coal Measures at Blackwater, Queensland | |
| Cainozoic history of the Torilla Peninsula, Broad Sound, Queensland | |
| Recharge conditions and the siting of bores in fractured-rock aquifers of the A.C.T. | |
| Geology of the Birrindudu and Tanami 1:250 000 Sheet areas, Northern Territory | |
| Galilee Basin seismic and gravity survey, Queensland 1971 | |
| Seismological report on the Madang earthquake of 31 October 1970 and aftershocks | |
| Burdekin Delta underground water investigation, north Queensland, 1962-63 | |
| Some earthquake focal mechanisms in the New Guinea/Solomon Islands region, 1963/1968 | |
| A structural analysis of the Gulf of Papua and northwest Coral Sea region | |
| Preliminary catalogue of tsunamis for the New Guinea/Solomon Islands region, 1768-1972 | |
| Lithostratigraphy of the Ninmaroo Formation (Upper Cambrian-Lower Ordovician), Georgina Basin, Queensland and Northern Territory | |
| Tottenham detailed aeromagnetic survey, New South Wales 1971 | |
| Deep crustal reflection seismic test survey, Mildura, Victoria, and Broken Hill, New South Wales, 1968 | |
| An analysis of strong-motion accelerograms from Yonki, Papua New Guinea, 1967-1972 | |
| Digital data acquisition system in geophysical survey aircraft VH-BMG | |
| Acquisition, processing, and interpretation of airborne gamma-ray spectrometry data | |
| Amadeus Basin airborne magnetic and radiometric survey, Northern Territory, 1969 | |
| Distribution and major-element geochemistry of late Cainozoic volcanoes at the southern margin of the Bismarck Sea | |
| Geological Branch summary of activities 1974 | |
| Geophysical Branch annual summary of activities 1974 | |
| Officer Basin seismic, gravity, magnetic, and radiometric survey, Western Australia, 1972 | |
| Some earthquake focal mechanisms in the New Guinea/Solomon Islands region, 1969-1971 | |
| Stratigraphic tables, Papua New Guinea | |
| Geological Branch summary of activities 1975 | |
| Check list of ostracoda recorded from Australia and Papua New Guinea, 1845-1973 | |
| Geological Branch summary of activities 1976 | |
| An integrated scheme for the laboratory analysis of oil, natural gas, and petroleum source-rocks | |
| The reconnaissance gravity survey of Australia: a qualitative analysis of results | |
| Seismicity of the New Guinea/Solomon Islands region, 1969 | |
| Isotopic ages of rocks from the Georgetown/Mount Garnet/Herberton area, north Queensland | |
| The Great Australian Bight: a regional interpretation of gravity, magnetic, and seismic data from the Continental Margin Survey | |
| Geochemistry of the Fairfield Group, Canning Basin | |
| Mount Turner Geophysical Survey, Georgetown Area, Queensland, 1976 | |
| Catalogue of airborne magnetic and radiometric surveys up to December 1977 | |
| Combined ground geophysical survey, Alligator Rivers area, NT, 1975 | |
| Ground geophysical surveys, Mary River area, NT, 1973 | |
| Australian gravity network adjustment, 1975 | |
| Geological Branch summary of activities 1977 | |
| Chemical analyses of rocks from the late Cainozoic volcanoes of north-central New Britain and the Witu Islands, Papua New Guinea | |
| Geophysical mapping of buried Precambrian rocks in the Cloncurry area, northwest Queensland | |
| Annotated bibliography of the Georgina Basin, Northern Territory and Quensland | |
| Geological Branch summary of activities, 1978 | |
| Geophysical Branch summary of activities, 1978 | |
| Adelaidean and Early Cambrian stratigraphy of the southwestern Georgina Basin: correlation chart and explanatory notes | |
| Preliminary report on the Cadoux earthquake, Western Australia, 2 June 1979 | |
| Stratigraphic definitions of named units in the Arunta Block, Northern Territory | |
| Abstracts of 8th BMR Symposium, Canberra, 1-2 May 1979 | |
| Bibliography of gravimetry in Australia | |
| Permian and Late Carboniferous palynostratigraphy of the Galilee Basin, Queensland | |
| Seismicity of the New Guinea/Solomon Island region, 1972 | |
| Tectonic setting of the easternmost Arunta Block | |
| Geological Branch summary of activities 1979 | |
| Geophysical Branch summary of activities 1979 | |
| Catalogue of palaeontological type specimens located in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Sydney - supplement to Report 149 | |
| Definitions of new stratigraphic units in the Seigal and Hedleys Creek 1:100 000 Sheet areas, Northern Territory and Queensland | |
| Chemical analyses of igneous rocks from the Seigal and Hedleys Creek 1:100 000 Sheet areas, Northern Territory and Queensland | |
| Petrological data catalogue for Boisa Island, an andesitic volcano in Papua New Guinea : whole rock, mineral, and modal analysis and modelling data | |
| Lord Howe Rise area, offshore Australia : preliminary results of a co-operative Federal Republic of Germany/Australia geophysical survey | |
| 1937 Rabaul eruptions, Papua New Guinea: translations of contemporary accounts by German missionaries | |
| Geological Branch summary of activities 1980 | |
| Geophysical Branch summary of activities 1980 | |
| Ehrenberg Range airborne magnetic and gamma-ray spectrometer survey, NT 1976 - operational report | |
| Definitions of newly named and revised Precambrian stratigraphic and intrusive rock units in the Duchess and Urandangi 1:250 000 sheet areas, Mount Isa Inlier, northwestern Queensland | |
| Investigations of the geology and hydrology of the Great Artesian Basin 1878-1980 | |
| Springs in the Great Artesian Basin, Australia : their origin and nature | |
| Geophysical characteristics of some near-surface magnetic sources in the Cobar area, NSW | |
| Size distribution statistics, Wenlock brachiopods from Canberra, Australia | |
| Geophysical Branch summary of activities 1981 | |
| Geological Branch summary of activities 1981 | |
| Geochemical and organic microscopy data from Australia's petroleum source rocks | |
| Index of geophysical well logs acquired by BMR from waterwells in the Great Artesian Basin 1960-1975 | |
| Definitions of new stratigraphic units in the Carrara Range region, Northern Territory | |
| Cainozoic volcanism of the Tabar, Lihir, Tanga and Feni Islands, Papua New Guinea : geology, whole-rock analyses and rock-forming mineral compositions | |
| A rock property database for the Lachlan Fold Belt of New South Wales | |
| Physical property measurements on mineralised and unmineralised samples from the Cleveland mine, Tasmania | |
| Pleistocene volcanoes of the western Papua New Guinea highlands: morphology, geology, petrography, and modal and chemical analyses | |
| Down-hole TEM response in the presence of a conductive overburden | |
| Investigation of the characteristics and source of the Magnetic Ridge magnetic anomaly, Cobar, NSW | |
| Application of geophysics to exploration for heavy-mineral sand deposits - based on an address delivered to a WAIT/ADAB special group course on exploration and mining of mineral sands, 3 May 1980, Brisbane | |
| Magnetotelluric soundings across the boundary of the Precambrian Willyama Complex and the Cainozoic Murray Basin, southeastern Australia | |
| Notes to accompany the Hay River-Mount Whelan special 1 :250 000 geological sheet, southern Georgina Basin | |
| Australian seismological report 1980 | |
| Geological interpretation of geophysical results, Glenormiston special airborne survey, Queensland, 1977 | |
| Volcanic activity in Papua New Guinea before 1944: an annotated bibliography of reported observations | |
| A review of airborne gamma-ray spectrometric data-processing techniques | |
| Data file AUSTCO: wells drilled for petroleum in Australia, to January 1984 | |
| Definitions of newly named and revised Precambrian rock units in the Davenport and Murchison Ranges of Central Australia (Northern Territory) | |
| Workshop proceedings : interpretation of seismic wave propagation in laterally heterogeneous structures | |
| Australian seismological report 1981 | |
| Statigraphic definitions of named units in the Arunta Block, Northern Territory, 1979-82 | |
| Gravity base-station network values, Australia | |
| Murray Basin, southeastern Australia : subsurface stratigraphic database | |
| Hydrogeology of the Australian Capital Territory and environs | |
| Murray Basin, southeastern Australia, stratigraphy and resource potential - a synopsis | |
| Physical property measurement on rock samples from the Mount Isa Inlier, northwest Queensland | |
| Rig Seismic research cruise 1: Lord Howe Rise, Southwest Pacific Ocean | |
| Commentary on the central Canberra 1:10 000 engineering geology sheet, Australian Capital Territory | |
| Australian geoscience 1984. Annual report of the Australian Geoscience Council Inc. The Council of Earth Science Societies in Australia | |
| Directory of government geoscience databases in Australia, 1984 | |
| Rig seismic research cruise 2 : Kerguelen Plateau, Southern Indian Ocean, initial report | |
| Data file AUSTCO-2: wells drilled for petroleum in Australia (to October 1985) | |
| Directory of geoscience research facilities in Australian tertiary education institutions, 1985 | |
| Australian seismological report 1982 | |
| Rig Seismic research cruise 6: northern Australia heat flow : post-cruise report | |
| Australian geoscience 1985. Annual report of the Australian Geoscience Council Inc. The Council of Earth Science Societies in Australia | |
| Review of the Cambrian and Ordovician palaeontology of the Amadeus Basin, central Australia | |
| Seismic velocities in the crust and upper mantle of Australia | |
| Geophysical abstracts and seismic profiles from the central Eromanga Basin region, eastern Australia | |
| Rig seismic research cruise 3 : offshore Otway Basin, Southeastern Australia | |
| Australian seismological report, 1983 | |
| Australian geoscience 1986-87. Annual report of the Australian geoscience Council Inc. The Council of Earth Science Societies in Australia | |
| Rig seismic research cruise 13 : structure and stratigraphy of the northeast Gippsland Basin and southern New South Wales margin : initial report | |
| Australian seismological report, 1984 | |
| Australian seismological report, 1985 | |
| Rig Seismic research cruises 10 & 11 : geology of the central Great Australian Bight region | |
| Groundwater contamination incidents in Australia : an initial survey | |
| Maastrichtian and younger sediments from the Great Australian Bight | |
| First-order regional magnetic survey of Southwest Pacific islands, May-July 1985 | |
| Australian geoscience 1988 : annual report of the Australian Geoscience Council Inc. | |
| Magnetic modelling of two and three-dimensional bodies | |
| Union list of Australian geological excursion guide books | |
| Australian seismological report, 1986 | |
| Late Cretaceous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy and Biogeography of the Australian Western Margin | |
| Classification and review of the trilobite order, Agnostida, Salter, 1864 : an Australian perspective | |
| A regional review of the offshore Gippsland Basin | |
| Catalogue of Type, Figured and Cited Specimens in the Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection, Brachiopoda | |
| First-order regional magnetic survey of Australia for epoch, 1990.0, 1986-89 | |
| Australian seismological report, 1987 | |
| Australian seismological report, 1988 | |
| Catalogue of Type, Figured, and Cited Specimens in the Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection, Bryozoa | |
| BMR Cruise 067 : Otway Basin and West Tasmanian Sampling | |
| Catalogue of Type, Figured and Cited Specimens in the Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection, Archaeocyatha, Porifera, Coelenterata |