Proterozoic tidal, glacial, and fluvial sedimentation in big cottonwood Canyon, Utah

Brigham Young University Geology Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-58

  Ehlers, Todd A ^a   Chan, Marjorie A ^a   Link, Paul Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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