Upper Aptian-Lower Albian Mural Formation: stratigraphy, biostratigraphy and depositional cycles on the Sonoran shelf, northern México

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-266

  González León, Carlos M ^a   Scott, R W ^b   Löser, Hannes ^a   Lawton, Timothy F ^c   Robert, Emmanuel ^d   Valencia, Victor A ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^e The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptian Albian; M xico; Mural Formation; Sonora; Sonoran Shelf

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; APTIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

ARIZONA; BISBEE; CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; CANIS LATRANS; FORAMINIFERA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 41149130890     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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