Middle Cretaceous stratigraphy, southern western interior seaway, New Mexico and Oklahoma

Mountain Geologist

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 33-61

  Scott, Robert W ^a   Holbrook, John M ^b   Oboh Ikuenobe, Francisca E ^c   Evetts, Michael J ^d   Benson, Don G ^e   Kues, Barry S ^f  

^a Precision Stratigraphy Associates   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d The IRF Group Inc ^*  (United States)

^e IRF GROUP INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC ROCK; CRETACEOUS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR; WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY;

EID: 2442420180     PISSN: 0027254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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