Early Paleozoic (Cambrian to Early Devonian) tectonic framework, Canadian Cordillera

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 654-674

  Cecile, M P ^a   Morrow, D W ^a   Williams, G K ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

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