ABSTRACTS
(By Author)
2007 AAPG Eastern Section Meeting
September 16-18, Lexington, Kentucky
Search and Discovery Article #90068 (2007)
Posted August 3, 2007
*Special appreciation is expressed to Jim Drahovzal, Technical Program Chair, for providing these abstracts for posting on Search and Discovery.
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B. Harrison III, Amanda Wahr, Phil Jagucki, and Neeraj Gupta
Hydrothermal Dolomite (HTD) in the Michigan Basin, USA
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B. Harrison III
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B. Harrison III, David A. Barnes, G. Michael Grammer, and Phil Jagucki
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A. Thomas
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