Late Paleozoic lacustrine limestones from the northern Appalachian basin: Passive recorders of Alleghanian exhumational history

Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-24

  Becker, Thomas P ^a,b   Rowe, Harold D ^a   Skema, Viktoras ^c   Denison, Rodger E ^d   Thomas, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c Pennsylvania Geological Survey   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEGHANIAN OROGENY; EXHUMATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIMESTONE; PALEOZOIC;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947621218     PISSN: 01941453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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