Mid and Late Devonian arenites deposited by sheet-flood, braided streams and rivers in the northern Barrier Ranges, far western New South Wales, Australia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 39-61

  Neef, G ^a   Bottrill, R S ^b   Cohen, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Mines Department   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED STREAM; DEVONIAN; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; PALAEOFLOW; SANDSTONE; SHEET FLOOD DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, BARRIER RANGES;

EID: 0029777012     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00079-8     Document Type: Article

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