Epeirogenic transgression near a triple junction: The oldest (latest early - Middle Cambrian) marine onlap of cratonic New York and Quebec

Geological Magazine

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 552-566

  Landing, Ed ^a   Amati, Lisa ^b   Franzi, David A ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Altona Formation; Cambrian; Epeirogeny; Laurentia; Potsdam Formation; Sequence stratigraphy; Trilobites

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ALTONA FORMATION; CAMBRIANS; EPEIROGENY; LAURENTIA; POTSDAM; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRILOBITES;

FAULTING;

CAMBRIAN; LAURENTIA; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYSTEMS TRACT; TRANSGRESSION; TRILOBITE; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

CANADA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 70349227598     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756809006013     Document Type: Article

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