Upper Lower Cambrian depositional sequence in Avalonian New Brunswick

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 404-417

  Landing, Ed ^a   Westrop, Stephen R ^b  

^a New York State Geological Survey   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALONIAN OROGENY; CAMBRIAN; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EPEIROGENIC HISTORY; HANFORD BROOK FORMATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK;

EID: 0029752024     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-030     Document Type: Article

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