Chapter 9 The Western Interior Basin

Sedimentary Basins of the World

Volumn 5, Issue C, 2008, Pages 329-362

  Miall, Andrew D ^a   Catuneanu, Octavian ^a   Vakarelov, Boyan K ^a   Post, Ryan ^a  

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DOI: 10.1016/S1874-5997(08)00009-9     Document Type: Review

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