Stratigraphy and geochronology of Miocene and Pliocene volcanic rocks in the Sierra San Fermín and southern Sierra San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-25

  Lewis, Claudia J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Gulf Extensional Province; Mexico; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO, BAJA CALIFORNIA, SIERRA SAN FELIPE; MEXICO, BAJA CALIFORNIA, SIERRA SAN FERMIN;

EID: 0029756855     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1996.35.1.1097     Document Type: Article

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