Late Cretaceous and Paleogene radiolaria from the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica: A tectonostratigraphic application

Stratigraphy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-21

  Bandini, Alexandre N ^a   Flores, Kennet ^a   Baumgartner, Peter O ^a   Jackett, Sarah Jane ^a,b   Denyer, Percy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRETACEOUS; FOREARC BASIN; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MUDSTONE; OUTCROP; PALEOGENE; RADIOLARIA; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE; THANETIAN; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; NICOYA PENINSULA;

EID: 46749139122     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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