A neogene carbonate platform, slope, and shelf edifice shaped by sea level and ocean currents, Marion Plateau (northeast Australia)

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 81, 2005, Pages 297-307

  Isern, Alexandra R ^a   Anselmetti, Flavio S ^b   Blum, Peter ^c  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

CORAL SEA; MARION PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; BRYOZOA; FORAMINIFERA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 33645516629     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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