Lower Paleozoic stratigraphic and biostratigraphic correlations in the Canadian Cordillera: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Laurentian margin

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1739-1753

  Pyle, Leanne J ^a   Barnes, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOODS; TURBULENT FLOW; VOLCANOES;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CORDILLERA; LAURENTIA; PALEOZOIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1542317616     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-049     Document Type: Article

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