Evidence for Late Cretaceous volcanism in Trans-Pecos Texas

Journal of Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-251

  Breyer, John A ^a   Busbey III, Arthur B ^a   Hanson, Richard E ^a   Befus, Kenneth E ^a   Griffin, William R ^a,b   Hargrove, Ulysses S ^a,b   Bergman, Steven C ^a,b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRETACEOUS; FAUNA; LACCOLITH; MAGMATISM; NORMAL FAULT; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM;

NORTH AMERICA; ROSILLOS MOUNTAINS; TEXAS; TRANS-PECOS; UNITED STATES;

ASPIDERETES; DINOSAURIA; PECARI TAJACU; PECOS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33947268162     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510640     Document Type: Article

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