Origin of the Late Neogene Roe Plains and their calcarenite veneer: Implications for sedimentology and tectonics in the Great Australian Bight

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 407-419

  James, N P ^a   Bone, Y ^b   Carter, R M ^c   Murray Wallace, C V ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basin inversion; Great Australian Bight; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Roe Calcarenite; Shaved shelf

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHELF SEDIMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GIPPSLAND BASIN; GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT; INDIAN OCEAN; ROE PLAIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BRACHIOPODA; HALOPHILA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33646672864     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090500499289     Document Type: Article

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