The preserved carbonate record in Holocene sediments of the Alfonso and Pescadero basins, Gulf of California, Mexico

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 315-330

  González Yajimovich, Oscar ^a   Douglas, Robert G ^b   Gorsline, Donn S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate cycles; Gulf of California; Holocene marine sedimentation; Margin basin sediments; Marine carbonate deposition; Palaeoceanography; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; CARBONATE; HOLOCENE;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

LAMIINAE;

EID: 31744435332     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(05)80050-1     Document Type: Article

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