Late albian inoceramid bivalves from the andes of Tierra del Fuego: Age implications for the closure of the cretaceous marginal basin

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 272-274

  Olivero, Eduardo B ^a   Martinioni, Daniel R ^a  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIVALVE; CRETACEOUS; INOCERAMID; MARGINAL BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 0029732852     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000023349     Document Type: Article

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