An early cretaceous forearc basin in the Golfo de Penas region, southern Chile

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 925-928

  Diemer, J A ^a   Forsythe, R D ^a   Engelhardt, D ^b   Porter, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Captain R/V Gondwana ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Forearc basins; Palynology; South America; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOREARC BASIN; TECTONICS;

CHILE;

EID: 0031403247     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.6.0925     Document Type: Article

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