Soft-sediment deformation structures interpreted as seismite from the Middle Permian of the southern Sydney Basin, southeastern Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 861-874

  Shi, G R ^a,b   Du, Y S ^b   Gong, Y M ^b,c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Australia; Permian; Seismite; Soft sediment deformation structures; Sydney Basin; Wandranwandian Siltstone

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CRACK; DEFORMATION; FISSURE; MUDSTONE; NORMAL FAULT; PERMIAN; SANDSTONE; SEISMITE; SILTSTONE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY BASIN;

EID: 34547115949     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090701392721     Document Type: Article

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