Slope-apron deposition in an ordovician arc-related setting: The Vuelta de Las Tolas Member (Suri Formation), Famatina Basin, northwest Argentina

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 155-180

  Mángano, María Gabriela ^a,b   Buatois, Luis Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Famatina; Ordovician; Slope apron; Volcaniclastic

Indexed keywords

INTRA ARC BASIN; ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; SLOPE SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM;

ARGENTINA, LA RIOJA PROVINCE, FAMATINA BASIN;

EID: 0030748167     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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