Rhodolith stranding event on a Pliocene rocky shore from Isla Cerralvo in the lower Gulf of California (Mexico)

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 225-233

  Johnson, Markes E ^a   Perez, Daniel M ^a   Baarli, B Gudveig ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coralline red algae; geological unconformity; granite rocky shores; storm deposits

Indexed keywords

CLAST; CONGLOMERATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DISSECTION; FACIES; FAN DELTA; GASTROPOD; LIMESTONE; PLIOCENE; RHODOLITH; ROCKY SHORE; SANDSTONE; SHALLOW WATER; STORM DEPOSIT; UNCONFORMITY;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ARGOPECTEN; GASTROPODA; NERITA SCABRICOSTA; PISUM SATIVUM; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84863395746     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/11T-00005.1     Document Type: Article

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