Sedimentological evolution of the Cretaceous carbonate platform of Chiapas (Mexico)

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 311-332

  Cros, Pierre ^a   Michaud, François ^b   Fourcade, Eric ^a   Fleury, Jean Jacques ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MEXICO;

EID: 0032428181     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(98)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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