Formal definition of the Lower Jurassic McCoy Brook Formation, Fundy Rift Basin, eastern Canada

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-135

  Tanner, Lawrence H ^a  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETTANGIAN; JURASSIC; NOMENCLATURE; PLIENSBACHIAN; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK, BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, BAY OF FUNDY;

EID: 0030441780     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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