Middle eocene foraminifera from the type giralia calcarenite, gascoyne platform, southern carnarvon basin, western Australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-245

  Haig, David W ^a   Smith, Margaret ^a   Apthorpe, Marjorie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Giralia anticline; Giralia calcarenite; Middle eocene; Palaeobathymetry; Sequence stratigraphy; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FORAMINIFERA; PALAEOBATHYMETRY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0031395708     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115519708619176     Document Type: Article

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