The stratigraphy and geochemistry of late Devonian to early Carboniferous volcanic rocks of the northern Chignecto peninsula, Cobequid Highlands, Nova Scotia

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-52

  Piper, David J W ^a   Pe Piper, Georgia ^b   Pass, David J ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, COBEQUID HIGHLANDS, CHIGNECTO PENINSULA;

EID: 0030484850     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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