Facies and depositional systems of the Galeana sandstone member (Taraises formation, Lower Cretaceous, northeastern Mexico);Facies y sistemas de depósito del miembro arenoso Galeana (Formación Taraises, Cretácico inferior, NE de México)

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 438-464

  Ocampo Díaz, Yam Zul Ernesto ^a   Jenchen, Uwe ^a   Guerrero Suastegui, Martín ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUERRERO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Deltaic sedimentation; Galeana sandstone member; NE Mexico; Sedimentology; Taraises formation; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

EID: 58349091748     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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