Lower Mississippian (Kinderhookian) biostratigraphy and lithostratigraphy of the western Endicott Mountains, Brooks Range, Alaska

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1574, 1997, Pages 221-242

  Mull, Charles G ^a   Harris, Anita G ^a   Carter, John L ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MISSISSIPPIAN;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031544687     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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