Sequence stratigraphy of the Palaeoproterozoic Nabberu Province of Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-103

  Krapez, B ^a   Martin, D McB ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basin analysis; Capricorn Orogen; Nabberu Province; Palaeoproterozoic; Sequence stratigraphy; Tectonic cycles

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; GEOLOGY;

BASIN ANALYSIS; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033078132     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00692.x     Document Type: Article

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