Stratigraphy of the fine-grained facies of the Sisquoc Formation, Santa Maria Basin, California - paleoceanographic and tectonic implications

US Geological Survey Bulletin

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

  Ramirez, Pedro C ^a   Garrison, Robert E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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MIOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

UNITED STATES, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0032446773     PISSN: 00831093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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