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The late Cainozoic evolution of the Carpentaria Plains, North Queensland: reply

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Wasson (1979) discusses our interpretation and correlation of the fluvial sequence in the Carpentaria Plains (Grimes and Doutch, 1978). His main criticisms are: (1) he considers that we have insufficient stratigraphic data to substantiate our division of the fans sequence into five stages and to support our correlation of these stages with the sequence in the southern plains; (2) he criticises the brevity of our discussion of climatic and sea levels controls on the evolution of the fans and our apparent exclusion of tectonic effects, and would seem to consider that the shifts in the depositional areas of the fans are not related to environmental changes; (3) in view of his doubts concerning the above points, he considers that the regional correlations which we suggested are suspect and that the fans provide a poor basis for attempting such correlations. We will discuss these points in sequence.

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Title The late Cainozoic evolution of the Carpentaria Plains, North Queensland: reply
Language eng
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