Stratigraphy and depositional environment of the Horton Group in the St. Marys Basin, central mainland Nova Scotia

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-25

  Murphy, J Brendan ^a   Rice, Randolph J ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Carboniferous; Depositional environment; Devonian; Nova Scotia; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEVONIAN; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA;

EID: 0032457354     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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