Chapter 1 The Phanerozoic Tectonic and Sedimentary Evolution of North America

Sedimentary Basins of the World

Volumn 5, Issue C, 2008, Pages 1-29

  Miall, Andrew D ^a   Blakey, Ronald C ^a  

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EID: 77957065477     PISSN: 18745997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1874-5997(08)00001-4     Document Type: Review

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