Geochemistry of the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) boundary interval: South-central Saskatchewan and Montana

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 717-724

  Lerbekmo, J F ^a   Sweet, A R ^b   Davidson, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAYSTONE; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; GEOCHEMISTRY;

CANADA; MONTANA; SASKATCHEWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033368518     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-056     Document Type: Article

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