Palynological fluorescence in hinterland reconstruction of a cyclic shallowing-up sequence, Pliocene, Papua New Guinea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 59-82

  Waterhouse, Helen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Foreland basin; Palaeogeography; Palynology; Reworking; Tectonic controls

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; PLIOCENE; THRUSTING;

PAPUA NEW QUINEA, PAPUAN FORELAND BASIN;

EID: 0032079612     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00118-1     Document Type: Article

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