Oxfordian ramp system (La Manga Formation) in the Bardas Blancas area (Mendoza Province) Neuquén Basin, Argentina: Facies and depositional sequences

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 195, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 113-134

  Palma, Ricardo M ^a   López Gómez, José ^b   Piethé, Ricardo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depositional sequence; Facies; Jurassic; La Manga Formation; Neuqu n Basin; Oxfordian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES ANALYSIS; ICHNOFACIES; KIMMERIDGIAN; LITHOFACIES; OXFORDIAN; PALEOKARST; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TAPHONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; NEUQUEN BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; CRUZIANA; CYANOBACTERIA; DASYCLADACEAE; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDA; FORAMINIFERA; GASTROPODA; GRYPHAEIDAE; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA; SCLERACTINIA; SERPULIDAE; SKOLITHOS;

EID: 33846849161     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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