Environmental interpretation and a sequence stratigraphic framework for the terminal Proterozoic Ediacara Member within the Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 65-95

  Gehling, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ediacara biota; Pound Subgroup; Rawnsley Quartzite; Sequence stratigraphy; Terminal Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034049229     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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