Origin of mixed carbonate and siliciclastic sequences at the Margin of a "giant" platform during the quaternary (bonaparte basin, nwaustralia)

SEPM Special Publications

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 157-177

  Bourget, Julien ^a   Ainsworth, R Bruce ^b   Nanson, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bonaparte basin; Continental shelf; Intrashelf basin; Quaternary; Reciprocal sedimentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975682189     PISSN: 1060071X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2110/sepmsp.105.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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