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Stratigraphy, Lower Cretaceous, Sonora, Mexico.
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Jacques-Ayala, C. (2019). Stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous Cintura Formation, Sierra El Chanate, northwestern Sonora, Mexico. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Geológicas, 10(2), 129–136. Retrieved from https://rmcg.unam.mx/index.php/rmcg/article/view/1234
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The lower Cretaceous Cintura Formation is described and defined as a stratigraphic unit for northwestern Sonora, Mexico. The reference sections are in the Sierra El Chanate, located about 20 km northeast of Caborca… in order to continue, download the full paper in PDF.

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