Paleontologic evidence for sedimentary displacement in Neogene forearc basins of central Chile

Palaios

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-16

  Finger, Kenneth L ^a   Nielsen, Sven N ^b   Devries, Thomas J ^c   Encinas, Alfonso ^d   Peterson, Dawn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DISPLACEMENT; FAUNA; FOREARC BASIN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MOLLUSC; NEOGENE; OSTRACOD; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SHELF SEDIMENT;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 33846528038     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2005.p05-081r     Document Type: Article

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