The Cretaceous-Paleocene summerfield formation, Jamaica: One or two ignimbrites?

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 304-309

  Mitchell, Simon F ^a   Blissett, Donovan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IGNIMBRITE; STRATIGRAPHY;

JAMAICA;

EID: 0033508511     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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