Ramp facies and sequence stratigraphic models in an epeiric sea: The Upper Ordovician mixed carbonate-siliciclastic Glenwood and Platteville Formations, Wisconsin, USA

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 149, Issue , 1998, Pages 437-456

  Choi, Yong Seok ^a   Simo, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0346499821     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.149.01.20     Document Type: Article

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