Carboniferous-Permian facies and tectono-stratigraphic successions of the glacially influenced and rifted Carnarvon Basin, Western Austalia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 63-86

  Eyles, Carolyn H ^a   Mory, Arthur ^b   Eyles, Nicholas ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Facies; Late Paleozoic glaciation; Rift basin; Tectono stratigraphy; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; CARBONIFEROUS; FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIATION; PERMIAN; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037427830     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00160-4     Document Type: Article

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