Lacustrine carbonates of the northern Great Plains of Canada

Sedimentary Geology - Tập 277 - Trang 1-31 - 2012
Fawn M. Last1, William M. Last1
1Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, R3T 2N2

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