Mass-gravity deposits and structures in the Lower Cretaceous of Sonora, Mexico

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1516-1529

  McKee, Mary Beth ^a   Anderson, Thomas H ^b  

^a 321 Old Engineering Hall ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; LIME; LIMESTONE;

CARBONATE BANKS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DISAGGREGATION; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MARINE DEPOSITS; MASS MOVEMENT; SLIDE SURFACE; TECTONIC TRANSPORT;

GRAVITATION;

CRETACEOUS; GRAVITY FLOW; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS MOVEMENT;

MEXICO;

EID: 84879886832     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<1516:MGDASI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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