Organic geochemistry of a high-latitude lower Cretaceous lacustrine sediment sample from the Koonwarra fossil beds, South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Memoirs of Museum Victoria

Volumn 74, Issue , 2016, Pages 73-79

  Tuite, Michael L ^a   Flannery, David T ^a   Williford, Kenneth H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cretaceous; Koonwarra fossil beds; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982293218     PISSN: 14472546     EISSN: 14472554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2016.74.07     Document Type: Article

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