Neoproterozoic and Cambrian strata of Sonora, Mexico: Rodinian supercontinent to Laurentian Cordilleran margin

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 365, Issue , 2002, Pages 5-48

  Stewart, John H ^a   Amaya Martínez, Ricardo ^b   Palmer, A R ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^c Institute for Cambrian Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CARBONATION; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LIME;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EAST ANTARCTICA; GLACIAL DEPOSITS; MARINE CARBONATE ROCK; NEOPROTEROZOIC; SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA; SUPERCONTINENTS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORDILLERA; DIAMICTITE; DOLOMITE; FRAGMENTATION; LAURENTIA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SHALLOW WATER; SILTSTONE;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; HERMOSILLO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SIBERIA; SONORA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84870904861     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2365-5.5     Document Type: Article

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