Conodont and fusulinid biostratigraphy and history of the Pennsylvanian to Lower Permian Keeler Basin, east-central California

Brigham Young University Geology Studies

Volumn 46, Issue , 2001, Pages 99-142

  Stevens, Calvin H ^a   Stone, Paul ^b   Ritter, Scott M ^c  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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