Reappraisal of the Cambrian glauconite-bearing Anse Maranda Formation, Quebec Appalachians: From deep-sea turbidites to clastic shelf deposits

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-272

  Longuépée, Hugues ^a   Cousineau, Pierre A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CATCHMENTS; MICROPOROSITY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; SHALE;

BIOTURBATION; ICHNOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

TURBIDITY;

CAMBRIAN; MARINE SEDIMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GORGONACEA; LAURENTIA;

EID: 20644467778     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-003     Document Type: Article

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