Paleoenvironments of the mid-Ordovician (Upper Caradocian) Trenton limestones of southern Ontario, Canada: Storm sedimentation on a shoal-basin shelf model

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 1988, Pages 75-105

  Brookfield, M E ^a,b   Brett, C E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARADOCIAN; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; FACIES PATTERN; ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; SHELF MODEL; SHOAL BASIN; STORM SEDIMENTATION; TRENTON LIMESTONE;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0024249950     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(88)90019-X     Document Type: Article

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