Ediacarian sequence and isotope stratigraphy of the Officer Basin, South Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 513-532

  Calver, C R ^a,b   Lindsay, J F ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Mineral Resources Tasmania   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adelaide Geosyncline; Amadeus Basin; Chemostratigraphy; Ediacarian; Officer Basin; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; EDIACARIAN SEQUENCE; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031669188     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728409     Document Type: Article

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