Overview of Mississippian depositional and paleotectonic history of the Antler Foreland, Eastern Nevada and Western Utah

Brigham Young University Geology Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 161-196

  Silberling, N J ^a   Nichols, K M ^a   Trexler Jr , J H ^b   Jewell, P W ^c   Crosbie, R A ^b  

^a University of Nevada ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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