Tectono-sedimentary history of uppermost cretaceous through oligocene sequences from the tasmanian region, a temperate antarctic margin

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 151, Issue , 2004, Pages 319-344

  Exon, Neville F ^a   Brinkhuis, Henk ^b   Robert, Christian M ^c   Kennett, James P ^d   Hill, Peter J ^a   Macphail, Michael K ^e  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Ctr d'Oceanologie Marseille (OSU)   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Consultant Palynological Services ^*  (Australia)

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EID: 77249127827     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/151GM18     Document Type: Chapter

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