Late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic history of the Las Delicias terrane, Coahuila, Mexico

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 340, Issue , 1999, Pages 161-189

  McKee, James W ^a   Jones, Norris W ^a   Anderson, Thomas H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIME; STRATIGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; LATE CRETACEOUS; LATE PALEOZOIC; MARINE STRATA; MISSISSIPPIANS; ROCK FRAGMENTS; SEDIMENTARY MATRIX; STRUCTURAL PATTERN;

GRAVITATION;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; FAULT; LIMESTONE; MESOZOIC; MISSISSIPPIAN; PALEOZOIC; RHYOLITE; SEDIMENTATION; TERRANE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EL COYOTE; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; HONDURAS; SAN MARCOS [GUATEMALA]; YORO;

EID: 84871021427     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2340-X.161     Document Type: Article

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