Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the lower Neales River, West Lake Eyre, Central Australia: From Palaeocene to Holocene

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 331-350

  Croke, J C ^a   Magee, J M ^a   Price, D M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lake Eyre; Neales River; Quaternary; Sedimentology; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0032424852     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00125-4     Document Type: Article

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