Late Triassic to Early Jurassic sedimentation in northern Neuquén Basin, Argentina: Tectosedimentary evolution of the first transgression

Geologica Acta

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-106

  Lanes S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Lower Jurassic; Neuqu n Basin; Sedimentology; Tectonics; Upper Triassic

Indexed keywords

MESOZOIC; TRANSGRESSION;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMMONOIDEA; BIVALVIA; BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 20544456948     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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