Tracking sea bed topography in the Jurassic. The Lotena Group in the Sierra de la Vaca Muerta (Neuquén Basin, Argentina)

Geologica Acta

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-118

  Zavala, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Contained flows; Jurassic; Lotena Formation; Neuqu n Basin

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; JURASSIC;

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

EID: 20644459247     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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