Lithofacies, age, and sequence stratigraphy of the Carboniferous Lisburne Group in the Skimo Creek area, Central Brooks Range

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1739 B, 2006, Pages 1-35

  Dumoulin, Julie A ^a   Whalen, Michael T ^a   Harris, Anita G ^a  

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