The El Coyote fan delta: A wave-dominated example from the Gulf of California, Mexico

Quaternary International

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-140

  Nava Sanchez, Enrique H ^a,b   Gorsline, Donn S ^a   Cruz Orozco, Rodolfo ^b   Godinez Orta, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAN DELTA;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO;

EID: 0032771708     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(98)00034-2     Document Type: Article

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