Tectonic control of the volcano-sedimentary sequence of the chapala graben, western mexico

International Geology Review

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 350-362

  Erosas Elguera, Jos ^a   Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLCANO-SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

EID: 0031853876     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819809465214     Document Type: Article

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