Magnetostratigraphy of the Hell Creek and lower Fort Union Formations in northeastern Montana

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 503, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-147

  LeCain, Rebecca ^a   Clyde, William C ^a   Wilson, Gregory P ^b   Riedel, Jeremy ^a,b  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84894226853     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2014.2503(04)     Document Type: Article

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