Correlating the Ediacaran of Australia

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 286, Issue , 2007, Pages 115-135

  Grey, Kath ^a,c,d   Calver, C R ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Mineral Resources Tasmania   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOTA; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EDIACARAN; PHANEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATOTYPE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACRITARCHA;

EID: 38349163303     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP286.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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