Selective replacement of mollusk shell by chlorite, Lower Cretaceous longarm formation, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 333-338

  Haggart, James W ^a   Bustin, R Marc ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE; CRETACEOUS; MOLLUSC; PERMEABILITY; REPLACEMENT; SHELL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS;

EID: 0033396683     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e98-105     Document Type: Article

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