Middle Jurassic-Upper Cretaceous paleogeographic evolution and sequence-stratigraphic framework of the northwest Gulf of Mexico Rim

AAPG Memoir

Volumn 75, Issue , 2001, Pages 45-81

  Goldhammer, R K ^a   Johnson, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 33750878762     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/m75768c3     Document Type: Article

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