Stratigraphy and regional significance of Mississippian to Jurassic rocks in Sierra Santa Teresa, Sonora, Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-135

  Stewart, John H ^a   Amaya Martínez, Ricardo ^b   Stamm, Robert G ^c   Wardlaw, Bruce R ^c   Stanley Jr , George D ^d   Stevens, Calvin H ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Jurassic; Mexico; Mississippian; Pennsylvanian; Permian; Sierra Santa Teresa; Sonora; Stratigraphy; Triassic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000883989     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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