Significance of paleosurfaces in interpreting the paleogeographic and stratigraphic evolution of the late Paleozoic Paspébiac graben, a recently indentified basin in the southern Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec, Canada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1074-1086

  Jutras, Pierre ^a   Prichonnet, Gilbert ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exhumed paleosurfaces; Paleogeographic reconstruction; Pasp biac graben; Saint Jules Formation; Structural geomorphology; Upper Paleozoic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHIC CONSTRAINTS; PALEOSURFACES;

CATCHMENTS; SEDIMENTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; GRABEN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CANADA; GASPE PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC;

EID: 4744368706     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25438.1     Document Type: Article

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