Tidal ichnology of shallow-water clastic settings

Principles of Tidal Sedimentology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 57-77

  Gingras, Murray K ^a   MacEachern, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84930900069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0123-6_4     Document Type: Chapter

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