Sedimentation, volcanism, stratigraphy, and tectonism at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in the Deerfield basin, Massachusetts

Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 188-201

  Hubert, John F ^a   Dutcher, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; JURASSIC; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033505525     PISSN: 01941453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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