The Rio Sassito sedimentary succession (Ordovician): A pinpoint in the geodynamic evolution of the Argentine Precordillera

Geologische Rundschau

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 326-344

  Keller, M ^a   Lehnert, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argentine Precordillera; Conodont biostratigraphy; Ordovician; Paleogeography; Temperate water carbonates

Indexed keywords

ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0032457322     PISSN: 00167835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050213     Document Type: Article

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