Sequence stratigraphy of the Middle Devonian Winnipegosis carbonate-prairie evaporite transition, southern Elk Point Basin

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-83

  Jin, Jisuo ^b   Bergman, Katherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DEVONIAN; EVAPORITE; REEF; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ELK POINT BASIN; MANITOBA; MONTANA; NORTH DAKOTA; SASKATCHEWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032706903     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03176149     Document Type: Article

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