Modern non-tropical mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments and environments of the southwestern Gulf of California, Mexico

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 93-115

  Halfar, Jochen ^a   Ingle Jr , James C ^b   Godinez Orta, Lucio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ctro Interdisciplinario Cie M   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gulf of California; Heterozoan; Mixed carbonate siliciclastics; Photozoan; Warm temperate

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1542318148     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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