Miocene climatic oscillation recorded in the Lakes Entrance oil shaft, southern Australia: Benthic foraminiferal response on a mid-latitude margin

Micropaleontology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-164

  Li, Qianyu ^a   McGowran, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORAMINIFERA; MIOCENE; PALAEOCLIMATE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, GIPPSLAND, LAKES ENTRANCE;

EID: 0031435658     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1485779     Document Type: Article

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