Lower Mississippian sedimentation dynamics and conodont biostratigraphy (lowermost Fort Payne Formation) along the southeastern margin of the Eastern Interior seaway

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-35

  Leslie, Stephen A ^a   Ausich, William I ^a   Meyer, David L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; GLAUCONITE; KINDERHOOKIAN; MISSISSIPPIAN; OSAGEAN; SEDIMENTATION;

USA, KENTUCKY, BURKESVILLE;

EID: 0029729931     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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