Geomorphology of an exhumed Carboniferous paleosurface in the southern Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec: Paleoenvironmental and tectonic implications

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-263

  Jutras, Pierre ^a   Schroeder, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSURFACE; SEDIMENTATION;

CANADA; GASPE PENINSULA; QUEBEC;

EID: 0033498669     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/005690ar     Document Type: Article

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