Floodplain palaeosols of the Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada: Micromorphology, pedogenic processes and palaeoenvironmental implications

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 163, Issue , 1999, Pages 289-310

  Mccarthy, Paul J ^a,b   Plint, A Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; FACIES; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL PROCESS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL;

CANADA;

EID: 0033374063     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.163.01.23     Document Type: Article

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