Stratigraphic imprint of the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age in eastern Australia: A record of alternating glacial and nonglacial climate regime

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-140

  Fielding, Christopher R ^a   Frank, Tracy D ^a   Birgenheier, Lauren P ^a   Rygel, Michael C ^b   Jones, Andrew T ^c   Roberts, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

^c GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIFEROUS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 39049118081     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-036     Document Type: Article

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