Lithostratigraphy, sedimentology and facies architecture of the Late Cretaceous succession in the central Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-247

  Papini, M ^a   Benvenuti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0031868479     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(98)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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