Tidal influence on deposition and quality of coals in the Miocene Tyonek Formation, Beluga coal field, Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1574, 1997, Pages 137-156

  Flores, Romeo M ^a   Stricker, Gary D ^a   Stiles, Robert B ^a  

^a NONE

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COAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031543833     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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