Evolution of three unconformity-bounded sandy carbonate successions in the McArthur River region of northern Australia: The Lawn, Wide and Doom Supersequences in a proximal part of the Isa Superbasin

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 625-635

  Jackson, M J ^a   Southgate, P N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gamma logs; McArthur Basin; Nathan Group; Palaeoproterozoic; Radiometric dating; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033912923     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2000.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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