Petrology of the Topfer Formation: First Triassic Gondwana sequence from New Zealand

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 467-477

  Mortimer, N ^a   Smale, D ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Geochemistry; Gondwana; New Zealand; Provenance; Sedimentary petrology; Sydney Basin; Tasmania; Topfer Formation; Triassic

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GONDWANA; PETROLOGY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, NELSON, REEFTON;

EID: 0030466683     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099608728268     Document Type: Article

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