Conodont biostratigraphy and physical stratigraphy in two wells of the beaverhill lake group, upper middle to lower upper devonian, central Alberta, Canada

Bulletins of American Paleontology

Volumn 2005, Issue 369, 2005, Pages 151-171

  Uyeno, T T ^a   Wendte, J C ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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BIOINDICATOR; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FRASNIAN; GIVETIAN; LIMESTONE; NEW SPECIES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; WELL;

ALBERTA; ALBERTA BASIN; BEAVERHILL LAKE; CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; MONTAGNE NOIRE; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

MESOTAXIS; PALMATOLEPIS; POLYGNATHUS;

EID: 33751417361     PISSN: 00075779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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