Paleomagnetic and isotopic evidence for the diagenesis and alteration of evaporites in the Paleozoic Elk Point Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1619-1629

  Koehler, G ^a   Kyser, T K ^b   Enkin, R ^c   Irving, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

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EID: 0000302539     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-130     Document Type: Article

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