Mississippian stratigraphic framework of east-central California and southern Nevada with revision of upper Devonian and Mississippian stratigraphic units in Inyo County, California

US Geological Survey Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 1988 J, 1996, Pages

  Stevens, Calvin H ^a   Klingman, Darrell S ^b   Sandberg, Charles A ^c   Stone, Paul ^d   Belasky, Paul ^a   Poole, Forrest G ^c   Snow, J Kent ^e  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

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