The Coolangatta Latite Member and Associated Tuffs: Newly Identified Basal Units in the Gerringong Volcanics, Southern Sydney Basin, NSW

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 2001, Issue 123, 2001, Pages 23-37

  Bann, Glen R ^a,b   Jones, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Geo Bio Enviro Expeditions   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broughton Formation; Gerringong Volcanics; Late Permian; Latite; Marine; Mount Coolangatta; Sydney Basin; Tuff beds; Volcaniclastic; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346405509     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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