Subaqueous mass flow origin for Lower Permian diamictites and associated facies of the Grant Group, Barbwire Terrace, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Sedimentology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 343-356

  Eyles, C H ^a   Eyles, N ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Canning Basin; Late Palaeozoic glaciation; Subaqeous mass flow diamictites

Indexed keywords

DIAMICTITE; FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; PERMIAN;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034112691     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2000.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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