Calcareous microplankton and polarity reversal stratigraphies of the upper Eocene browns creek clay in the Otway Basin, southeast Australia: Matching the evidence

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-86

  Shafik, S ^a   Idnurm, M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Eocene; Foraminiferids; Geomagnetic polarity time scale; Magnetostratigraphy; Nannofossils; Otway Basin

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY TIME SCALE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALAEOGENE;

AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, OTWAY BASIN; AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, OTWAY BASIN;

EID: 0030746046     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099708728295     Document Type: Article

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