Closing of the Central American Gateway and its effects on the distribution of Late Pliocene radiolarians in the eastern tropical Pacific

Tectonophysics

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 105-111

  Molina Cruz, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Central American Gateway; Closure; Neogene; Ocean currents; Pacific; Radiolaria

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMERICAN SEAWAY; CLOSURE; FOSSIL RADIOLARIA; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOENVIRONMENTS; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; RADIOLARIA;

PACIFIC, (EAST);

EID: 0031430757     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00162-5     Document Type: Article

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