Anatomy of a cyclically packaged mesoproterozoic carbonate ramp in Northen Canada

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 171-203

  Sherman, A G ^a   Narbonne, G M ^a   James, N P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baffin Island; Bylot supergroup; Carbonate ramp; Glacio eustasy; Proterozoic; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RAMP; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA;

EID: 0035074660     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00168-8     Document Type: Article

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