Geology of the Del Creston Formation, Famatina Ranges, Argentina: Paleogene sedimentation in the Andean Foreland?;Estratigrafía de la Formación del Crestón, sierra de Famatina, Argentina: Sedimentación paleógena en el antepaís andino?

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 463-482

  Dávila, Federico M ^a   Astini, Ricardo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Broken foreland; Central Andes; Del Creston Formation; Famatina; Foreland Basin; Neogene; Paleoenvironments; Paleogene; Stratigraphy; Synorogenic deposits

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; NEOGENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGENE; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARGENTINA; FAMATINA RANGES; LA RIOJA PROVINCE;

EID: 0141513243     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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