Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) lithostratigraphy and biochronology, southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia, and northern San Juan Islands, Washington State

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2001-2020

  Haggart, James W ^a   Ward, Peter D ^b   Orr, William ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; SANDSTONE; SILT;

BIOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; METAMORPHIC MINERAL; PLANAR-STRATIFIED SANDSTONE;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CLASTIC ROCK; CRETACEOUS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JUAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33645640656     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-066     Document Type: Article

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