Stratigraphy, sedimentology and structure of the Oak Bay and Waweig formations, Mascarene Basin: Implications for the paleotectonic evolution of southwestern New Brunswick

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-84

  Fyffe, L R ^a   Pickerill, R K ^b   Stringer, P ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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DEVONIAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILURIAN; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

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EID: 0033513269     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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