Modern siliceous sponge reefs in a turbid, siliciclastic setting: Fraser River delta, British Columbia, Canada

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 6, 2004, Pages 335-350

  Conway, Kim W ^a   Barrie, J Vaughn ^a   Krautter, Manfred ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHROCALLISTES VASTUS; HEXACTINELLIDA;

EID: 3042699933     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/2004/2004/335     Document Type: Article

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