Oceanography, sedimentology and acoustic mapping of a bryomol carbonate factory in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 255, Issue , 2006, Pages 197-215

  Halfar, Jochen ^a   Strasser, M ^a   Riegl, B ^b   Godinez Orta, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RAMP; COOL WATER; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BRYOZOA; MOLLUSCA; THORACICA;

EID: 33645243919     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.255.01.13     Document Type: Article

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