Upper Jurassic (lower Kimmeridgian-Olvido) carbonate strata from the La Popa Basin diapirs, NE Mexico

Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 313-321

  Vega, Francisco J ^a   Lawton, Timothy F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Evaporites; La Popa Basin; Late Jurassic; NE Mexico

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052148199     PISSN: 14053322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18268/BSGM2011v63n2a11     Document Type: Article

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