Norian sponge and coral biostromes in the Antimonio formation, Northwestern Sonora, Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-166

  Goodwin, David H ^a   Stanley Jr , George D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimonio Formation; Biostromes; Coral; Mexico; Norian; Sonora; Sponges; Triassic

Indexed keywords

EID: 41349112873     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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