Lithofacies and sequence development on an Upper Devonian mixed carbonate-siliciclastic fore-reef slope, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 843-867

  George, Annette D ^a   Playford, Phillip E ^b   Powell, C McA ^a   Tornatora, P M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Acacia Resources   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; DEVONIAN; LITHOFACIES; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, CANNING BASIN;

EID: 0031450533     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1997.d01-52.x     Document Type: Article

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