Paleoenvironmental analysis of the late Neoproterozoic Mistaken Point and Trepassey formations, southeastern Newfoundland

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1375-1391

  Wood, Donald A ^a   Dalrymple, Robert W ^a   Narbonne, Guy M ^a   Gehling, James G ^a   Clapham, Matthew E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION METHODS; SEDIMENTS; VOLCANOES;

PALEOENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; TREPASSEY FORMATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TAPHONOMY;

AVALON PENINSULA; CANADA; MISTAKEN POINT; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1042286984     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-048     Document Type: Article

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