Petrology and geochemistry of a limestone-marl rhythmite from the Southern Hemisphere: The Los Catutos Member (Vaca Muerta Formation). Middle Tithonian of Neuquén Basin;Petrología y geoquímica de una ritmita marga-caliza del Hemisferio Austral: El Miembro Los Catutos (Formación Vaca Muerta , Tithoniano medio de la Cuenca Neuquina

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-159

  Scasso, Roberta A ^a,b   Alonso, María S ^a,b   Lanés, Silvia ^a,b   Villar, Héctor J ^a,b   Lippai, Horacio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cyclicity; Geochemistry; Limestone; Neuquen Basin; Rhytmite; Stable isotopes; Upper Jurassic

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; JURASSIC; LIMESTONE; MARL; RHYTHMITE; TITHONIAN;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN;

EID: 0142230567     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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