Anatomy of a mixed marine-non-marine lowstand wedge in a ramp setting. The record of a Barremian-Aptian complex relative sea-level fall in the central Neuquén Basin, Argentina

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 252, Issue , 2005, Pages 139-162

  Veiga, Gonzalo D ^a,c   Howell, John A ^b,d   Strömbäck, Anna ^b,e  

^a Concejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c National University of La Plata Centro de Investigaciones Geologicas   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; CRETACEOUS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 31344435889     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.252.01.07     Document Type: Article

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