Analysis of carbonate microfacies in the Chachao Formation (Cretaceous), barda blanca-malargüe, Mendoza province - Argentina: A cluster analytic approach

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 182-194

  Palma, Ricardo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROFACIES;

ARGENTINA, MENDOZA PROVINCE;

EID: 0030439395     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175636     Document Type: Article

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