Petrography and provenance of tertiary sandstones in the Subbasin of Hualfín, Catamarca province, northwestern Argentina;Petrografía y procedencia de areniscas terciarias en la Subcuenca de Hualfín, provincia de Catamarca, noroeste de Argentina

Revista de la Asociacion Argentina de Sedimentologia

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 15-35

  Muruaga, Claudia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Neogene; Provenance; Sandstones; Sedimentary petrography

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644974740     PISSN: 18536360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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