Triassic conodont biochronology, its calibration with the ammonoid standard, and a biostratigraphic summary for the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 675-692

  Orchard, M J ^a   Tozer, E T ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONOID; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; TRIASSIC;

CANADA, WESTERN CANADA BASIN;

EID: 0031402216     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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