Flow pattern within a Permian submarine slump recorded by oblique folds and deformed fossils, Ulladulla, south-eastern Australia

Sedimentology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 357-366

  Smith, John V ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crinoids; Folds; Permian; Slump; Sydney Basin

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FOLDING; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034083889     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2000.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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