Revised stratigraphy of the Permian Bainmedart Coal Measures, northern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica

Geological Magazine

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-353

  Mcloughlin, Stephen ^a   Drinnan, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL MEASURES; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA, PRINCE CHARLES MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030823888     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756897006870     Document Type: Article

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