Sedimentology, paleontology, and sequence stratigraphy of Early Permian estuarine deposits, south-central New Mexico, USA

Palaios

Volumn 18, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 403-420

  Mack, Greg H ^a   Leeder, Mike ^b   Perez Arlucea, Marta ^c   Bailey, Brendon D J ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLICITY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; PALEONTOLOGY; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 0344082889     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2003)018<0403:SPASSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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