Facies and allostratigraphy of high-latitude, glacially influenced marine strata of the Early Permian southern Sydney Basin, Australia

Sedimentology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-162

  Eyles, Carolyn H ^a   Eyles, Nicholas ^b   Gostin, Victor A ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTRATIGRAPHY; GLACIATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTARY FACIES;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031878518     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1998.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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