The Sisquoc Formation-Foxen Mudstone boundary in the Santa Maria Basin, California: sedimentary response to the new tectonic regime

US Geological Survey Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 1995 T,U,V, 1998, Pages

  Behl, Richard J ^a   Ingle Jr , James C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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MIOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032442855     PISSN: 00831093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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