Chapter 66 Mid-Ediacaran ice-rafting in the Adelaide Geosyncline and Officer Basin, South Australia

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 673-676

  Gostin, Victor A ^a   McKirdy, David M ^a   Webster, Lynn J ^a   Williams, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; EDIACARAN; GEOSYNCLINE; ICE RAFTING; MUDSTONE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ACRITARCHA;

EID: 84864070748     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M36.66     Document Type: Article

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