Relative oxygenation of the Tithonian-Valanginian Vaca Muerta-Chachao formations of the Mendoza Shelf, Neuquén Basin, Argentina

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 252, Issue , 2005, Pages 185-206

  Doyle, P ^a   Poire D G ^b   Spalletti, L A ^b   Pirrie, D ^c   Brenchley, P ^d   Matheos, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; MESOZOIC; OXYGENATION;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 31344457453     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.252.01.09     Document Type: Article

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