The northwestern Argentina Tarija Basin: Stratigraphy, depositional systems, and controlling factors in a glaciated basin

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 169-184

  Starck, Daniel ^a   Papa, Cecilia del ^b  

^a Tecpetrol SA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carbon fero tard o; Cuenca Tarija; Glaciaciones Gondwana; Gondwana glaciation; Late Carboniferous; Noroeste Argentino; Northwestern Argentina; Tarija Basin

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIATION; ICE CAP; ICE RETREAT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PERMIAN;

ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; TARIJA [BOLIVIA];

EID: 33845212208     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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