Palynological and sequence stratigraphic analysis of the Napo Group in the Pungarayacu 30 well, Sub-Andean Zone, Ecuador

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 845-859

  Vallejo, C ^a   Hochuli, P A ^a,b   Winkler, W ^a   von Salis, K ^a,c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Napo Group; Palynofacies; Palynology; Sequence stratigraphy; Sub Andean Zone

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; HYDROCARBON; PALYNOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ECUADOR; ORIENTE BASIN;

ALBIA;

EID: 0041312710     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.2002.1028     Document Type: Article

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