Neoproterozoic (Cryogenian) stromatolites from the Wolfe Basin, east Kimberley, Western Australia: Correlation with the Centralian Superbasin

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 329-341

  Grey, K ^a   Blake, D H ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bungle Bungle Dolomite; Centralian Superbasin; Neoproterozoic; Ruby Plains Group; Stromatolites; Wolfe Basin

Indexed keywords

PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STROMATOLITE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033150915     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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