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Title:
The Gulf of Mexico basin
Author(s):
Salvador, Amos (ed.)
Publishing Organization:
Geological Society of America
Series and Number:
Geology of North America v.J [568 p.]
Publication Date:
1991
Cross Section:
Yes
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Chapter 2, Plate 1
: Physiography and bathymetry
Chapter 3, Plate 2
: Structural framework
Plate 3
: Structure at the base and subcrop below Mesozoic marine section, Gulf of Mexico basin
Plate 4
: Natural resources, Gulf of Mexico basin
Plate 6
: Cross sections of the Gulf of Mexico basin
Chapter 4
: The crust under the Gulf of Mexico basin
Chapter 6
: Igneous activity
Chapter 7
: Pre-Triassic
Chapter 8
: Triassic - Jurassic
Chapter 9
: Lower Cretaceous
Chapter 10
: Cenozoic
Chapter 10
: Upper Cretaceous
Chapter 11
: Cenozoic
Chapter 12
: Late Quaternary sedimentation
Chapter 13
: Seismic stratigraphy of the deep Gulf of Mexico basin and adjacent margins
Chapter 14
: Origin and development of the Gulf of Mexico basin
Chapter 15
: Oil and gas resources
Chapter 16
: Mineral resources and geopressured-geothermal energy
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