Upper Paleozoic strata of the Chaco-Parana basin, Argentina, and the great Gondwana glaciation

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-168

  Winn Jr , R D ^a   Steinmetz, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; GONDWANA; PALEOZOIC;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0031782983     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(98)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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