Early eocene estuary at strahan, tasmania

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 979-985

  Pole, M S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellates; Eocene; Estuary; Mangroves; Palynology; Sedimentology; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; ESTUARY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; STRAHAN; TASMANIA;

EID: 0032430283     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728452     Document Type: Article

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39. HILL R. S. & CARPENTER R. J. 1991. Evolution of Acmopyle and Dacrycarpus (Podocarpaceae) foliage as inferred from macrofossils in south-eastern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 4, 449-479.
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