Sedimentary facies and environmental ichnology of a ?Permian playa-lake complex in western Argentina

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 221-243

  Zhang, Guocheng ^a   Buatois, Luis A ^b   Mángano, M Gabriela ^b   Aceñolaza, Florencio G ^c  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentine; Ichnology; Nonmarine; Scoyenia ichnofacies; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ICHNOFAUNA; PERMAIN; PLAYA; SEDIMENTARY FACIES;

ARGENTINA, CUESTA DE MIRANDA, PAGANZO BASIN;

EID: 0032053828     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00116-8     Document Type: Article

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