Global local controls influencing the deposition of the La Luna Formation (Cenomanian-Campanian), western Venezuela

Chemical Geology

Volumn 130, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 271-288

  Perez Infante, Julio ^a,c   Farrimond, Paul ^a   Furrer, Max ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Filial Petroleos de Venezuela   (Venezuela)

^c PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; EUSTASY; GEOCHEMISTRY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0030482127     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(96)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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