Stratigraphy and tectonic significance of the Lower to Middle Devonian McAdams Lake Formation, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-145

  White, C E ^a   Barr, S M ^b  

^a NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CANADA;

EID: 0032409812     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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