Sedimentation in the Venezuelan Basin, circulation in the Caribbean Sea, and onset of Northern Hemisphere glaciation

Journal of Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 531-544

  Nesbitt, H Wayne ^a   Young, Grant M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CIRCULATION; GLACIATION; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEIDMENTATION;

EID: 0031405817     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515954     Document Type: Article

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