Correlation of stage boundaries in the Appalachian Devonian eastern United States

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 225, 2000, Pages 271-284

  Kirchgasser, William T ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Biostratigraphy; Devonian; Stage boundaries

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EID: 27844487111     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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