Exploring Extreme and Unusual Geology in the Stable Midcontinent: Field Excursions for the 2019 GSA South-Central, North-Central, and Rocky Mountain Sections Joint Meeting最新文献

Trails west and the Civil War in the Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas, region 小径西部和内战在堪萨斯城，密苏里州/堪萨斯地区

Exploring Extreme and Unusual Geology in the Stable Midcontinent: Field Excursions for the 2019 GSA South-Central, North-Central, and Rocky Mountain Sections Joint Meeting Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1130/2019.0052(04)

J. Aber, S. E. Aber

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Windows into the Cretaceous mantle of the North American midcontinent—Kimberlites of Riley County, Kansas 北美中大陆白垩纪地幔的窗口——堪萨斯州莱利县的金伯利岩

Exploring Extreme and Unusual Geology in the Stable Midcontinent: Field Excursions for the 2019 GSA South-Central, North-Central, and Rocky Mountain Sections Joint Meeting Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1130/2019.0052(03)

P. Kempton, K. Rogers, M. Brueseke

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The science and industry of the Permian Hutchinson Salt 二叠纪哈钦森盐业的科学与工业

Exploring Extreme and Unusual Geology in the Stable Midcontinent: Field Excursions for the 2019 GSA South-Central, North-Central, and Rocky Mountain Sections Joint Meeting Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1130/2019.0052(02)

M. Schulmeister, A. S. Andeskie, K. Benison

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Geology of the Flint Hills, Kansas: Sea-level and climate changes in the Permian 堪萨斯州弗林特山的地质:二叠纪的海平面和气候变化

Exploring Extreme and Unusual Geology in the Stable Midcontinent: Field Excursions for the 2019 GSA South-Central, North-Central, and Rocky Mountain Sections Joint Meeting Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1130/2019.0052(01)

K. Goldberg, K. Miller

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