Mesoproterozoic carbonate systems in the Borden Basin, Nunavut

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 915-938

  Turner, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SYSTEM; CYCLICITY; DEEP-WATER CARBONATES; DEEPWATER; DOLOSTONES; GEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION; SHALLOW WATERS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ROCKS;

CARBONATE SYSTEM; CLIFF; DEEP WATER; DOLOSTONE; LITHOLOGY; MUDSTONE; NOMENCLATURE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

BAFFIN ISLAND; BORDEN BASIN; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 74349119995     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-062     Document Type: Article

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