Carbonate sequences and fossil communities from the upper Ordovician - Lower Silurian of the Eastern Great Basin

Brigham Young University Geology Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-160

  Harris, Mark T ^a   Sheehan, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

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