Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Morrison and Cedar Mountain Formations, NE Utah-NW Colorado: relationships between nonmarine deposition and early Cordilleran foreland-basin development

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 632-652

  Currie, Brian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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MESOZOIC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031738058     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D426882E-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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