The Miocene Nullarbor Limestone, southern Australia; deposition on a vast subtropical epeiric platform

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 253-254, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-16

  O'Connell, Laura G ^a   James, Noel P ^a   Bone, Yvonne ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbonate banks; Carbonate platform; Eucla Basin; Rhodoliths; Subtropical environment

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBONATE PLATFORM; EUCLA BASIN; GREAT BARRIER REEF; INBOARD PORTION; LAGOON SYSTEMS; MIDDLE MIOCENE; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENTS; PHOTIC ZONE; RHODOLITHS; SEAFLOORS; SEAGRASSES; SHELF EDGES; SLOPE ANGLES; SOUTHERN LATITUDES; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUBTROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WARM CLIMATES;

LIMESTONE; OCEAN CURRENTS; REEFS; STRATIGRAPHY;

TROPICS;

ALGA; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBONATE; GRAINSTONE; LAGOON; LIMESTONE; MICRITE; MIOCENE; MOLLUSC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLATITUDE; ZOOXANTHELLA;

AUSTRALIA; EUCLA BASIN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84858150913     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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