Volcaniclastic sequences with continental affinities within the late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Guerrero intra-oceanic arc terrane (Western Mexico)

Journal of Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 483-502

  Freydier, Claire ^a,b   Lapierre, Henriette ^a   Briqueu, Louis ^a   Tardy, Marc ^a,c   Coulon, Christian ^a,d   Martinez Reyes, Juventino ^a,e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; JURASSIC; LAVA FLOW; VOLCANICLASTIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO, GUERRERO STATE;

EID: 0031474063     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515941     Document Type: Article

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