The Lower Devonian Compton Formation in southern Quebec: From delta front to pro-delta sedimentation

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 571-585

  Lavoie, Denis ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; LANDFORMS; SAND; TECTONICS;

COMPTON; PRO-DELTA DEPOSITS; SYNCLINORIUM; TECTONIC COLLAPSE;

SEDIMENTATION;

DELTA; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DEVONIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

APPALACHIANS; CANADA; GASPE PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC;

EID: 4344598048     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e04-026     Document Type: Article

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