Contribution of clay mineral successions for reconstructing the palaeogeographic and diagenetic evolution of Upper Mesozoic sediments of Guatemala;Contribution de la minéralogie des argiles à la connaissance de l'histoire palaéogéographique et diagénetique du Mésozoïque supérieur au Guatemala

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-74

  Debrabant, Pierre ^a   Chamley, Hervé ^a   Fourcade, Éric ^b   Thiébault, François ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Clays; Cretaceous; Diagenesis; Guatemala; Jurassic; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; MESOZOIC; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY;

GUATEMALA;

EID: 0029730851     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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