Spectral analysis of the back-reef limestones of the ‘devonian great barrier reef’, western Australia

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland

Volumn 107, Issue , 1998, Pages 99-108

  Brownlaw, R L S ^a   Hearn, S J ^a   Jell, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canning Basin; Carbonate cycles; Spectral analysis; Upper Devonian; Walsh Transform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986285717     PISSN: 0080469X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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