How old is the Isthmus of Panamaδ

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 801-813

  Coates, Anthony G ^a   Stallard, Robert F ^b  

^a STRI   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; ISLAND ARC; MAGMA; MIOCENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PALEOSALINITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TECTONIC STRUCTURE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ISTHMUS OF PANAMA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84891090853     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2012.1076     Document Type: Article

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