Late Cretaceous marine transgressions in Ecuador and northern Peru: A refined stratigraphic framework

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-323

  Jaillard, Etienne ^a   Bengtson, Peter ^b   Dhondt, Annie V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Ecuador; Inoceramids; Late Cretaceous; Peru; Stratigraphy; Transgressions

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRANSGRESSION;

ECUADOR; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; CONIACIAN; INOCERAMIDAE;

EID: 28444441480     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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