Facies patterns and conodont biogeography in Arctic Alaska and the Canadian Arctic Islands: Evidence against juxtaposition of these areas during early Paleozoic time

Polarforschung

Volumn 68, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 257-266

  Dumoulin, Julie A ^a   Harris, Anita G ^a   Bradley, Dwight C ^a   De Freitas, Tim A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Imperial Oil Ltd Resources Limited   (Canada)

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