Tertiary evolution of the coastal lowlands and the Clyde River palaeovalley in southeast New South Wales

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-180

  Spry, M J ^a,c   Gibson, D L ^b   Eggleton, R A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basalt; Bergalia Formation; Clyde River; Drainage (geomorphology); Oligocene; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TERTIARY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033120231     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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