Sedimentary responses to sub-aerial felsic volcanism from the late Devonian-early Carboniferous northern Macalister Synclinorium, southeastern Australia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 209-232

  O'Halloran, G J ^a,b   Gaul, A J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Esso Australia Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alluvial sedimentation; Felsic volcanism; Macalister Synclinorium; Mt Howitt Province; Syn volcanic

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTATION; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOTOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, MACALISTER SYNCLINORIUM;

EID: 0030870224     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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