The La Coulee Formation, a new post-Acadian continental clastic unit bearing groundwater calcretes, Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-156

  Jutras, Pierre ^a   Prichonnet, Gilbert ^a   Von Bitter, Peter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CALCRETE; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EROSION; LITHOFACIES; PALEOCLIMATE;

CANADA;

EID: 0033499270     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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