Reduction spheroids from the Upper Carboniferous Hopewell Group, Dorchester Cape, New Brunswick: Notes on geochemistry, mineralogy and genesis

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-172

  Lines, Allan W ^a   Parnell, John ^b   Mossman, David J ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; RED BED; REDUCTION SPHEROID;

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK, DORCHESTER CAPE;

EID: 0030432354     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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