Devonian transgressive-regressive cycles and biostratigraphy, northern Antelope range, Nevada: Establishment of reference horizons for global cycles

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Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-14

  Johnson, J G ^a   Klapper, Gilbert ^b   Elrick, Maya ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CYCLICITY; DEEPENING; DEVONIAN; TRANSGRESSION/REGRESSION;

USA, NEVADA, ANTELOPE RANGE;

ANTELOPE; ANTHOZOA; BRACHIOPODA; ENTOVALVA;

EID: 0030482668     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515112     Document Type: Article

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