Sequence stratigraphy and paleoecology of the Middle Cambrian Spence Shale in northern Utah and southern Idaho

Brigham Young University Geology Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-78

  Liddell, W David ^a   Wright, Scott H ^a   Brett, Carlton E ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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