Whole-rock aminostratigraphy of the Coorong Coastal Plain, South Australia: Towards a 1 million year record of sea-level highstands

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 111-124

  Murray Wallace, C V ^c   Brooke, B P ^c   Cann, J H ^a   Belperio, A P ^b   Bourman, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Minotaur Gold NL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aminostratigraphy; Coorong coastal plain; Quarternary; Racemization; Transgressions

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; RACEMIZATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034996037     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.158.1.111     Document Type: Article

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