Lower Cretaceous Alisitos Formation at Punta San Isidro: Coastal sedimentation and volcanism;Formación Alisitos del Cretácico temprano en Punta San Isidro: Sedimentación costera y vulcanismo

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 30, Issue 2 A, 2004, Pages 365-380

  Payne, Jonathan L ^a   Johnson, Markes E ^b   Ledesma Vázquez, Jorge ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alisitos formation; Arc volcanism; Rocky shorelines; Rudist limestone

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; APTIAN; CONGLOMERATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LIMESTONE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; TUFF; VOLCANISM;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ALBIA; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 2942729514     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v30i2.179     Document Type: Article

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