Provenance and depositional setting of pre-Late Jurassic turbidite complexes in Patagonia, Chile

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 411-425

  Faúndez, Víctor ^a   Hervé, Francisco ^a   Lacassie, Juan Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Metaturbidites; Patagonian Andes; Pre Late Jurassic; Sedimentary provenance; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; JURASSIC; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; TECTONIC SETTING; TURBIDITE;

ANDES; CHILE; PATAGONIA;

EID: 0036963314     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2002.9514982     Document Type: Article

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