The Cretaceous age of the Vinegar Hill silica sand deposit, southern New Brunswick: Evidence from palynology and paleobotany

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-46

  Falcon Lang, Howard J ^a   Fensome, Robert A ^b   Venugopal, D V ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; VINEGAR HILL;

EID: 1842763836     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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