Geology and paleontology of southwestern Isla Tiburón, Sonora, Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-34

  Gastil, R Gordon ^a   Neuhaus, Jay ^b   Cassidy, Michael ^c   Smith, Judith Terry ^b   Ingle Jr , James C ^d   Krummenacher, Daniel ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alton Geoscience ^*  (United States)

^c Alton Geoscience   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geology; Isla Tibur n; Mexico; Paleontology; Sonora

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013393985     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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