Geochronology of the Letete and Waweig formations, Mascarene Group, southwestern New Brunswick

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-36

  Miller, B V ^a   Fyffe, L R ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LLANDOVERIAN; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SILURIAN; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CANADA;

EID: 0041698183     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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