Sequence architecture and stacking patterns in the cretaceous foreland basin, Utah: Tectonism versus eustasy

Brigham Young University Geology Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-134

  Schwans, P ^a   Campion, K M ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

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