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Sequence Stratigraphy of Barrow Group (Berriasian-Valanginian) Siliciclastics, North-West Shelf, Australia, with Emphasis on the Sedimentological and Palaeontological Characterization of Systems Tracts

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Five Barrow Group (Berriasian to Valanginian) siliciclastic sequences are described from the North-West Shelf, Australia, and calibrated against global third-order (?eustatically-mediated) cycles. Particular emphasis is placed on the sedimentological (core, wireline log) and palaeontological (micropalaeontological, palynological) characterization of constituent systems tracts.

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Jones, R.W. et al. (1993). Sequence Stratigraphy of Barrow Group (Berriasian-Valanginian) Siliciclastics, North-West Shelf, Australia, with Emphasis on the Sedimentological and Palaeontological Characterization of Systems Tracts. In: Jenkins, D.G. (eds) Applied Micropalaeontology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0763-3_6

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