Depositional and halokinetic-sequence stratigraphy of the neoproterozoic Wonoka Formation adjacent to patawarta allochthonous salt sheet, Central Flinders Ranges, South Australia

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-105

  Kernen, Rachelle A ^a   Giles, Katherine A ^a   Rowan, Mark G ^b   Lawton, Timothy F ^a   Hearon, Thomas E ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rowan Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHONY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DIAPIR; DOLOMITE; LIMESTONE; MUDSTONE; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

AUSTRALIA; FLINDERS RANGE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84857393371     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP363.5     Document Type: Article

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