Facies and architecture of a carboniferous grounding-line system from the Guandacol Formation, Paganzo Basin, Northwestern Argentina

Gondwana Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-202

  Marenssi, S A ^a,b,c   Tripaldi, A ^a,b   Limarino, C O ^a,b   Caselli, A T ^b  

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

^b Ciudad Universitaria   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Gondwanic glaciation; Grounding line system; Morainal banks; Northwestern Argentina

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DIAMICTITE; FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER RETREAT; GROUNDING LINE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MUDSTONE; OUTCROP; RHYTHMITE; SANDSTONE; SHALE; SILTSTONE;

ARGENTINA; PAGANZO BASIN;

EID: 15944364205     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71117-5     Document Type: Article

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