Sedimentary record of terminal Cretaceous accretions in Ecuador: The Yunguilla Group in the Cuenca area

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-144

  Jaillard, Etienne ^a   Bengtson, Peter ^b   Ordoñez, Martha ^c   Vaca, Wilmer ^d   Dhondt, Annie ^a   Suárez, Johnny ^c   Toro, Jorge ^d,e  

^a LMTG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Centro de Investigaciones Geologicas Guayaquil   (Ecuador)

^d ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^e Petroproducción ^*  (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Accretions; Clastic Sedimentation; Ecuador; Latest Cretaceous; Paleocene; Uplift

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349122243     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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