Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the upper Aptian-upper Albian Mural Limestone (Bisbee Group) in northern Sonora, Mexico

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-60

  Lawton, T F ^a   Gonzalez Leon C M ^b   Lucas, S G ^c   Scott, R W ^d  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Aptian Albian; Bisbee Group; Mexico; Mural Limestone; Sonora

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; APTIAN; CRETACEOUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA;

ALBIA; AMMONOIDEA; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; FORAMINIFERA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 1542572621     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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