High frequency sea-level fluctuations in the Pillara Limestone, Guppy Hills, Lennard Shelf, northwestern Australia

Historical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 187-212

  Brownlaw, R L S ^a   Hocking, R M ^b   Jell, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Devonian; Fischer plots; Frasnian; Milankovitch; Shallowing upward cycles; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; EUSTASY; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PILLARA LIMESTONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHALLOWING UPWARD CYCLE;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, LENNARD SHELF, GUPPY HILLS;

EID: 0030482664     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10292389609380541     Document Type: Article

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