Ichnology of a macrotidal tide-dominated deltaic depositional system: Lajas formation, Neuquén province, Argentina

SEPM Special Publications

Volumn 88, Issue , 2007, Pages 195-211

  McIlroy, Duncan ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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EID: 84890257445     PISSN: 1060071X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2110/pec.07.88.0195     Document Type: Article

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