Age and stratigraphy of near-K/T boundary siliciclastic deposits in northeastern Mexico

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 307, Issue , 1996, Pages 227-242

  Lopez Oliva J G ^a   Keller, G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FERTILIZERS; GLASS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DEPOSITIONAL EVENT; FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES; GLASS SPHERULES; HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTATION; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS;

DEPOSITS;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; MAASTRICHTIAN; NANOFOSSIL; SHALLOW WATER; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TSUNAMI; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84870796601     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2307-8.227     Document Type: Article

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