Differentiation of estuarine and offshore marine deposits using integrated ichnology and sedimentology: Permian Pebbley Beach Formation, Sydney Basin, Australia

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 228, Issue , 2004, Pages 179-211

  Bann, Kerrie L ^a   Fielding, Christopher R ^b   MacEachern, James A ^c   Tye, Stuart C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HUSKY ENERGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICHNOLOGY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 3543143657     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.228.01.10     Document Type: Article

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