Facies, microfossils (smaller foraminifers, calcareous algae) and biostratigraphy of the Hueco Group, Doña Ana Mountains, Southern New Mexico, USA

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-26

  Krainer, Karl ^a   Vachard, Daniel ^b   Lucas, Spencer G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Biostratigraphy; Carbonates; Early permian; Foraminifers; Late Pennsylvanian; New Mexico

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALCAREOUS ALGA; CARBONATE; FACIES; FORAMINIFERA; MICROFACIES; MICROFOSSIL; MOUNTAIN REGION; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENTATION; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; WOLFCAMPIAN;

DONA ANA MOUNTAINS; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; ROBLEDO MOUNTAINS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; FORAMINIFERA; TRITICITES;

EID: 65349140595     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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