Rocky shores and development of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Arroyo Blanco Basin on Isla Carmen in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1149-1164

  Eros, James M ^a   Johnson, Markes E ^a   Backus, David H ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; SEA LEVEL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE; ROCKY SHORES;

COASTAL ZONES;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL EVOLUTION; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; ROCKY SHORE; SHORELINE;

ARROYO BLANCO BASIN; BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; CARMEN ISLAND; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33845965729     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-019     Document Type: Article

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