Revised upper Paleozoic stratigraphy of the Blacks Harbour-Beaver Harbour area, New Brunswick, Canada: Evidence from new bedrock mapping and palynology

Hinds, Steven J.; Park, Adrian F.; Johnson, Susan C.; McLean, Duncan

doi:https://doi.org/10.4138/atlgeo.2024.003

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