Palaeogeographical implications of the Miocene Quendeque Formation (Bolivia) and tidally-influenced strata in southwestern Amazonia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 23-41

  Hovikoski, Jussi ^a   Räsänen, Matti ^a   Gingras, Murray ^b   Lopéz, Shirley ^c   Romero, Lidia ^d   Ranzi, Alceu ^e   Melo, Janira ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SERGEOMIN   (Bolivia)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO MINERO Y METALÚRGICO   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Ichnology; Miocene; Palaeogeography; Paran Basin; Sedimentology; Western Amazonia

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FORELAND BASIN; ICHNOLOGY; MIOCENE; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ACRE [BRAZIL]; AMAZONIA; ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; MADRE DE DIOS; PARANA BASIN; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845414684     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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