Yallalie: A buried structure of possible impact origin in the Perth Basin, Western Australia

Geological Magazine

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 619-632

  Dentith, M C ^d   Bevan, A W R ^a   Backhouse, J ^b   Featherstone, W E ^d   Koeberl, C ^c  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC SURVEY; SEISMIC SURVEY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033501838     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756899003386     Document Type: Article

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