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ABSTRACT
REGIONAL GEOLOGIC SETTING
PETROLOGY |
Special thanks are extended to Professors R. G. Gastil and P. L. Abbott for suggestions and comments made during field work and preparation of the thesis, and to Professor V. J. Landis, who reviewed the manuscript. The discovery of Triassic fossils in the San Hipolito Formation by R. G. Gastil, G. H. Troughton, and K. K. Lattimore, encouraged the author to choose Punta San Hipolito as a study area. The author was aided in fossil collecting by R. G. Gastil, K. T. Fink, G. H. Troughton, J. W. Robinson, and P. L. Abbott. Fossils were identified by D. L. Jones, N. L. Silberling, A. K. Armstrong, and E. A. Pessagno, Jr. The author was ably assisted in the field by D. A. Nance, P. R. Schifflebein, and K. T. Fink. In addition to her support in the field, Karen Fink typed a half a dozen rough drafts of this manuscript and made numerous helpful suggestions. Without Karen's support and encouragement this work would not have been possible. Instructive comments and criticism during a field trip to the area were provided by D. L. Jones, A. Grantz, J. G. Vedder, G. L. Peterson, M. M. Marshall, and M. J. Walawender.
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