Stratigraphic relationships of laterite at Little Bay, near Maroubra, New South Wales

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-68

  Pickett, J W ^a  

^a Health Commission of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collapse breccia; Laterite profile; Little Bay Shale; Miocene; Palaeotopography; Tupia Formation

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; IRON OXIDE; LATERITE; MIOCENE; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

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EID: 0037299907     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2003.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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