New occurrences of Late Paleozoic and Triassic fossils from the Seventymile and Yukon-Tanana Terranes, east-central Alaska, with comments on previously published occurrences in the same area

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1678, 2003, Pages 5-25

  Dusel Bacon, Cynthia ^a   Harris, Anita G ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONODONT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOZOIC; RADIOLARIA; TRIASSIC;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRACHIOPODA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 3543107663     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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