Provenance of early Palaeozoic sandstones, southeastern Australia, Part 2: Cratonic to arc switching

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 153-163

  Colquhoun, G P ^b   Fergusson, Chris L ^a   Tye, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lithic arenites; Provenance; Pyroxene; Quartz arenites; Sea level change; Volcanic arc

Indexed keywords

PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033133894     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00003-2     Document Type: Article

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