Sedimentology and paleoecology of an Eocene-Oligocene alluvial-lacustrine arid system, Southern Mexico

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 191, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 227-254

  Beraldi Campesi, Hugo ^a   Cevallos Ferriz, Sergio R S ^a   Centeno García, Elena ^a   Arenas Abad, Concepción ^b   Fernández, Luis Pedro ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eocene Oligocene; Fossil plants; Fossil tracks; Riparian ambients; Sedimentary evolution; Tepexi Coatzingo

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FOSSIL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOECOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; TEPEXI DE RODRIGUEZ;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; AVES; CAMELIDAE; MAMMALIA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 33749051220     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.03.018     Document Type: Article

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