Foraminiferal sequence biostratigraphy of the Oligo-Miocene Janjukian strata from Torquay, southeastern Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-273

  Li, Q ^a   Davies, P J ^b   Mcgowran, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Foraminifers; Janjukian; Miocene; Oligocene; Victoria

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORAMINIFERA; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033121141     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00696.x     Document Type: Article

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