Pliocene - Pleistocene history of the Gippsland Basin outer shelf and canyon heads, southeast Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-64

  Mitchell, J K ^a   Holdgate, G R ^a   Wallace, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BATHYMETRY; CANYON; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEFORMATION; EROSION; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEISMIC DATA; SLOPE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GIPPSLAND BASIN;

EID: 33846209991     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090600981442     Document Type: Article

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