Foraminiferal biostratigraphy and depositional environments of the mid-Cenozoic Abrakurrie Limestone, Eucla Basin, southern Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 437-450

  Li, Q ^a   Bone, Y ^a   McGowran, B ^a   James, N P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abrakurrie Limestone; Biostratigraphy; Eucla Basin; Foraminifers; Janjukian; Miocene; Oligocene; Southern Australia

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FORAMINIFERA; LIMESTONE; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE;

AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, EUCLA BASIN; AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, EUCLA BASIN;

EID: 0030475955     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099608728266     Document Type: Article

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