Late Cretaceous palynological correlation and environmental analyses of fluvial reservoir facies of the Tuna Field, Gippsland Basin, southeast Australia

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 165-186

  Wagstaff, Barbara E ^a   Gallagher, Stephen J ^a   Lanigan, Kevin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Campanian; fluvial facies; Late Cretaceous climate; quantitative palynology; reservoir correlation; Tuna Petroleum Field

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CORRELATION; CRETACEOUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FACIES; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PALYNOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GIPPSLAND BASIN;

ARAUCARIACEAE; NOTHOFAGUS; PODOCARPACEAE; PROTEACEAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 33645768189     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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