Early Turonian (Late Cretaceous) age of the Tuskoola sandstone Pine River area, northeastern British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1783-1793

  Stelck, C R ^a   Moore, W E ^b   Pemberton, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCKS; SANDSTONE;

TAXONOMY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SANDSTONE; TURONIAN;

CANADA;

EID: 0242418233     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-086     Document Type: Review

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