Problems of a Late Palaeozoic glaciation in Australia and subsequent climate in the Permian

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 185-197

  Dickins, J M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; GLACIATION; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030251286     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00030-2     Document Type: Article

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