Ordovician K-bentonites in the Argentine Precordillera: relations to Gondwana margin evolution

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 142, Issue , 1998, Pages 107-126

  Huff, Warren D ^a   Bergström, Stig M ^b   Kolata, Dennis R ^c   Cingolani, Carlos A ^d   Astini, Ricardo A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; GONDWANA; PALEOZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

ARGENTINA;

ARGENTINA (FISH); PUNA;

EID: 0032287537     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.142.01.06     Document Type: Article

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