New radiolarian assemblages from la Désirade Island basement complex (guadeloupe, lesser antilles arc) and Caribbean tectonic implications

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 399-409

  Cordey, Fabrice ^a   Cornée, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Caribbean plate; Guadeloupe; Jurassic; La d sirade; Lesser antilles; Radiolaria

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; CARIBBEAN PLATE; EMPLACEMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEODYNAMICS; KIMMERIDGIAN; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOLARIA; SEDIMENTATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TITHONIAN;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GUADELOUPE; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES;

EID: 70350761827     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.180.5.399     Document Type: Article

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