Monospecific Pliocene oyster buildups, Murray Basin, South Australia: Brackish water end member of the reef spectrum

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 11-33

  Pufahl, Peir K ^a,b   James, Noel P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Oysters; Palaeoecology; Pliocene; Reefs; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; OYSTER CULTURE; PLIOCENE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY BASIN;

METAZOA; OSTREA ANGASI; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 33644998526     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.09.015     Document Type: Article

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