A high-latitude epilithozoan fauna on quartzite clasts and the problem of cobble transport across a coastal plain: Middle Turonian Kaskapau Formation, British Columbia, Canada

Palaios

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 557-570

  Plint, A Guy ^a   Jin, Jisuo ^a   Varban, Bogdan L ^b   Rylaarsdam, Jessica R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Imperial Oil Ltd Resources Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; CRETACEOUS; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; FAUNA; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOLATITUDE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGRESSION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; BRACHIOPODA; BRYOZOA; FORAMINIFERA; SERPULIDAE;

EID: 33846102216     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2006.p06-042r     Document Type: Article

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