Résultats de l'expédition géologique de l'Université de Harvard dans les montagnes Rocheuses du Canada (Jasper National Park, 1929). Note n° 9: la sédimentation du Cambrien supérieur de Mural Glacier

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Résultats de l'expédition géologique de l'Université de Harvard dans les montagnes Rocheuses du Canada (Jasper National Park, 1929).

Note n° 9: la sédimentation du Cambrien supérieur de Mural Glacier

PARÉJAS, Edouard, CAROZZI, Albert V.

PARÉJAS, Edouard, CAROZZI, Albert V. Résultats de l'expédition géologique de l'Université de Harvard dans les montagnes Rocheuses du Canada (Jasper National Park, 1929). Note n° 9: la sédimentation du Cambrien supérieur de Mural Glacier. Archives des Sciences, 1949, vol. 2, no. 3, p. 562-567

DOI : 10.5169/SEALS-739775

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