Chapter 2 Phanerozoic Evolution of the Sedimentary Cover of the North American Craton

Sedimentary Basins of the World

Volumn 5, Issue C, 2008, Pages 31-63

  Burgess, Peter M ^a  

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EID: 74949097927     PISSN: 18745997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1874-5997(08)00002-6     Document Type: Review

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