Relative sea level control of deposition in the Late Permian Newcastle Coal Measures of the Sydney Basin, Australia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 167-187

  Herbert, Chris ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal measures; Late permian; Sequence stratigraphy; Sydney Basin

Indexed keywords

COAL MEASURE; COAL MEASURES; PERMIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY BASIN;

EID: 0030999447     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00027-9     Document Type: Article

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