New Early and Middle Jurassic fauna in the Pozos de Serna sequence (Sonora, Mexico). Consequences for the identity and the position of the Caborca terrane;La structuration de la marge pacifique nord-américaine et du «terrane» Caborca : Apports de la découverte d'une faune du Jurassique inférieur et moyen dans la série de Pozos de Serna (Sonora, Mexique)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 325, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 257-263

  Calmus, Thierry ^a   Segura, Efrén Pérez ^a   Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Antimonio Formation; Caborca terrane; Jurassic; Mexico; Sonora

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; JURASSIC; TERRANE; UNCONFORMITY;

MEXICO, SONORA STATE, POZOS DE SERNA;

EID: 0031446307     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1251-8050(97)88298-5     Document Type: Article

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