Foraminiferal evidence for inner neritic deposition of Lower Cretaceous (Upper Aptian) radiolarian-rich black shales on the Western Australian margin

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-75

  Haig, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aptian; Australia; Depositional environment; Foraminifera; Windalia Radiolarite

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; BRACHIOPOD; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FORAMINIFERA; RADIOLARIA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

AMMOBACULITES; BRACHIOPODA; EPISTOMINA; FORAMINIFERA; HAPLOPHRAGMOIDES; LINGULA; LINGULOGAVELINELLA; RECURVOIDES;

EID: 19644387702     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.24.1.55     Document Type: Article

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