New evidence for the age of the Athol Formation (Middle Jurassic; Bajocian) in the Tusk-1 and Tusk-2 wells, offshore Carnarvon Basin,Western Australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-35

  Riding, James B ^a   Westermann, Gerd E G ^b   Darbyshire, D P Fiona ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Bajocian; Biostratigraphy; Laeviuscula Chronozone; Middle Jurassic; Palynomorphs; Strontium isotope stratigraphy; Taxonomy; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE; FLORA; JURASSIC; NEW SPECIES; PALYNOMORPH; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY; TRANSGRESSION;

AUSTRALIA; CARNARVON BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BELEMNOIDEA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 76749119915     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510903277824     Document Type: Article

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