Early Cambrian braid-delta deposits, MacKenzie Mountains, north-western Canada

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 587-609

  Macnaughton, Robert B ^a   Dalrymple, Robert W ^a   Narbonne, Guy M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED CHANNEL; CAMBRIAN; DELTA; SEDIMENTATION;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, MACKENZIE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030879516     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1997.d01-41.x     Document Type: Article

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