Cool-water carbonates in an Eocene palaeoestuary, Norseman Formation, Western Australia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 213-226

  Clarke, Jonathan D A ^a   Bone, Yvonne ^b   James, Noel P ^c  

^a BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DROWNING; EOCENE; ESTUARY; SEA LEVEL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0029753678     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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