Basin fill evolution and paleotectonic patterns along the Samfrau geosyncline: The Sauce Grande basin-Ventana foldbelt (Argentina) and Karoo basin-Cape foldbelt (South Africa) revisited

Geologische Rundschau

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 819-834

  Lopez Gamundi O R ^a   Rossello, E A ^b  

^a Texaco Inc Bellaire   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Basin evolution; Gondwanaland; Karoo basin; Late Paleozoic; Sauce Grande basin

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; GONDWANALAND; MAGMATISM; TECTONICS;

ARGENTINA, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, SAUCE GRANDE; SOUTH AFRICA, KAROO BASIN;

EID: 0031859553     PISSN: 00167835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050179     Document Type: Article

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