Deposition and palaeogeography of a glacigenic Neoproterozoic succession in the east Kimberley, Australia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 204, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 61-82

  Corkeron, Maree ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Palaegeography; Sedimentary processes; Upper Proterozoic; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FACIES; GLACIATION; ICE FLOW; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; RODINIA; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRANSGRESSION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 40849107729     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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