Siliciclastic shoreline to growth-faulted, turbiditic sub-basins: The Proterozoic River Supersequence of the upper McNamara group on the Lawn Hill Platform, northern Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 533-562

  Krassay, A A ^a,b   Bradshaw, B E ^a   Domagala, J ^a   Jackson, M J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b Department of Minerals and Energy ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth faults; Proterozoic; River Supersequence; Riversleigh Siltstone; Sequence stratigraphy; Shady Bore Quartzite; Siliciclastic sediments

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GROWTH FAULT; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TURBIDITE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033925780     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2000.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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