Sedimentary evolution and depositional architecture of a lowstand sequence set: The Lower Cretaceous Mulichinco Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 252, Issue , 2005, Pages 109-138

  Schwarz, Ernesto ^a,b   Howell, John A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; LOWSTAND; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 31344432117     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.252.01.06     Document Type: Article

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