Facies, outcrop gamma ray and C-O isotopic signature of exposed Miocene subtropical continental shelf carbonates, North West Cape, Western Australia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Collins, Linsday B ^a   Read, J F ^a   Hogarth, J W ^a   Coffey, Brian P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C O isotopes; Facies; Miocene; North West Australia; Outcrop gamma ray; Subtropical shelf carbonates

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; EUSTACY; MIOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; HALOPHILA;

EID: 32444437574     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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