Stratigraphy and evolution of the Cretaceous forearc Celica-Lancones basin of southwestern Ecuador

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-68

  Jaillard, Etienne ^a,b   Laubacher, Gérard ^b   Bengtson, Peter ^c   Dhondt, Annie V ^d   Bulot, Luc G ^e  

^a Institut Dolomieu   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; FOREARC BASIN; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ECUADOR;

EID: 0032833051     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(99)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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