Eocene and younger biostratigraphy and lithofacies of the Cascade Seamount, East Tasman Plateau, southwest Pacific Ocean

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 655-665

  Quilty, P G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Cascade Seamount; Cenozoic; East Tasman Plateau; Southwest Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAINOZOIC; LITHOFACIES; SEAMOUNTS;

PACIFIC, EAST TASMAN PLATEAU, CASCADE SEAMOUNT;

EID: 0031396099     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099708728343     Document Type: Article

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