Uppermost Permian conodonts and the Permian-Triassic boundary in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 693-707

  Henderson, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONODONT; EUSTASY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; UNCONFORMITY;

CANADA, WESTERN CANADA BASIN;

EID: 0031391058     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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