Tectonostratigraphic evolution of a Mesozoic graben border system: The Chachil depocentre, southern Neuquén Basin, Argentina

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 707-721

  Franzese, J R ^a   Veiga, G D ^a   Schwarz, E ^a   Gomez Perez I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Cambridge Arctic Shelf Programme (CASP)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOSITION; FAULT; GRABEN; MAGMATISM; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745632021     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764920-082     Document Type: Article

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