Latest Miocene to Early Pliocene bathymetric cycles related to tectonism, Puri Anticline, Papuan Basin, Papua New Guinea

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 451-465

  Haig, D W ^a   Medd, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Command Petroleum Limited ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Early Pliocene; Foraminifers; Foreland basin; Late Miocene; Orubadi Formation; Palaeobathymetry; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; FORELAND BASIN; MIOCENE; PALAEOBATHYMETRY; PLIOCENE; TECTONICS;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PAPUAN BASIN;

EID: 0030480243     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099608728267     Document Type: Article

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