The Cottons Breccia (Ediacaran) and its tectonostratigraphic context within the Grassy Group, King Island, Australia: A rift-related gravity slump deposit

Precambrian Research

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-14

  Direen, N G ^a   Jago, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neoproterozoic glaciations; Palaeogeography; Tasmania; Tectonostratigraphy; Volcanic rifted margins

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CLIMATE MODELING; EDIACARAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANO;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KING ISLAND; TASMANIA;

EID: 48349138942     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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