Reassessment of the zemorrian foraminiferal stage and juanian molluscan stage north of the olympic mountains, washington state and vancouver Island

Newsletters on Stratigraphy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-291

  Nesbitt, Elizabeth A ^a   Martin, Ruth A ^a   Carroll, Neil P ^a   Grieff, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Cascadia; Magnetostratigraphy; Oligocene; Tofino Fuca basin

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OLIGOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TYPE SECTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; COAST RANGES; JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT; OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS; PACIFIC OCEAN; TOFINO BASIN; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER ISLAND; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77954265228     PISSN: 00780421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0078-0421/2010/0043-0275     Document Type: Article

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