A comparative analysis of transtensional sedimentary basins: the Santa Rosalia Basin (Baja California Sur, Mexico) and the Mendibelza Basin (The Pyrenees, France);Analyse comparee de bassins sedimentaires transtensionnels: Le Bassin de Santa Rosalia (Basse Californie du Sud, Mexique) et de Mendibelza (Pyrenees, France)

Estudios Geologicos

Volumn 61, Issue 3-6, 2005, Pages 161-176

  Miranda Aviles R ^a   Bourrouilh, R ^b   Nava Sanchez E H ^c   Puy Alquiza, M J ^a   Jan, F Bourrouilh Le ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PYRENEES; SANTA ROSALIA BASIN;

EID: 33747121057     PISSN: 03670449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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