A revision of the stratigraphic nomenclature of the Cambrian-Ordovician strata of the Philipsburg tectonic slice, southern Quebec

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1775-1790

  Hersi, O Salad ^a,d   Nowlan, G S ^b   Lavoie, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; RIVERS; STRATIGRAPHY; TERMINOLOGY;

MILTONS; ROCK RIVER; SUITES POND;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CAMBRIAN; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 38849179540     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E07-041     Document Type: Article

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