Climate changes and cyclic sedimentation in the Mid-Late Permian: Kennedy Group, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-142

  Lever, Helen ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Milankovitch cycles; Paleoclimate; Permian

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTRALIA; CARNARVON BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0742267210     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70312-9     Document Type: Article

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