Devonian fluvial strata in and adjacent to the Emsian-Eifelian Moona Vale Trough, western New South Wales

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-96

  Neef, G ^a   Larsen, D F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Normandy NFM Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basin analysis; Devonian; Fluvial deposition; Kanimblan; Koonenberry Fault; Moona Vale Trough; Tabberabberan; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEVONIAN; FAULT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037299791     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2003.00979.x     Document Type: Article

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