Lower paleozoic configuration of the Quebec reentrant based on improved along-strike paleogeography

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-219

  Cousineau, Pierre A ^a   Longuépée, Hugues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

GRABEN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE (GEOLOGY);

CANADA;

EID: 0038692325     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-107     Document Type: Article

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