Subtropical carbonates in a temperate realm: Modern sediments on the southwest australian shelf

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1297-1321

  James, Noel P ^a   Collins, Lindsay B ^a   Bone, Yvonne ^a   Hallock, Pamela ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; REEFS; SEDIMENTATION; TROPICS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; COOL-WATER CARBONATES; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LEEUWIN CURRENT; SEDIMENTATION PATTERN; WARM-WATER CARBONATES; WESTERN INDIAN OCEANS;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 85034501339     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.69.1297     Document Type: Article

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