Paleokarst in an Upper Devonian reef complex of the Canning Basin, Western Australia

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 935-944

  George, Annette D ^a   Powell, C McA ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REEFS;

MARINE CONDITIONS; PLATFORM MARGINS; PORE FLUID PRESSURE; REEF EVOLUTIONS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SAND DEPOSITION; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

SEA LEVEL;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEVONIAN; FAMENNIAN; PALAEOKARST; REEF; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, CANNING BASIN;

EID: 0031445418     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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