Sedimentology and ichnology of paleozoic estuarine and shoreface reservoirs, morrow sandstone, lower Pennsylvanian of southwest Kansas, USA

Current Research in Earth Sciences

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-35

  Buatois, Luis A ^a,b   Mángano, M Gabriela ^a,b   Carr, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

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