Revised stratigraphy of the Blanchetown Clay, Murray Basin: Age constraints on the evolution of paleo Lake Bungunnia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-270

  McLaren, S ^a   Wallace, M W ^a   Pillans, B J ^b   Gallagher, S J ^a   Miranda, J A ^a   Warne, M T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blanchetown clay; Climate; Lacustrine sediments; Lake bungunnia; Magnetostratigraphy; Nampoo member; Plio Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY BASIN;

EID: 61349171944     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090802547074     Document Type: Article

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