Jurassic aeolian oolite on a palaeohigh in the Sundance Sea, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 391-404

  Kilibarda, Zoran ^a   Loope, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0000884720     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1997.tb01531.x     Document Type: Article

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