Graptolite-conodont biostratigraphy and biofacies of the Middle Ordovician Cerro Viejo succession, San Juan Precordillera, Argentina

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 245-263

  Ortega, Gladys ^a,b   Albanesi, Guillermo L ^a,b   Frigerio, Sebastián E ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentine Precordillera; Biofacies; Biostratigraphy; Middle Ordovician

Indexed keywords

ARGILLITE; BEDDING PLANE; BIOFACIES; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOTOPE; CARBONATE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CONODONT; DEEP WATER; DIACHRONISM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GRAPTOLITE; LIMESTONE; ORDOVICIAN; PHOTIC ZONE; VOLCANIC ASH;

ARGENTINA; CERRO VIEJO; PRECORDILLERA; SAN JUAN [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

BERGSTROEMOGRAPTUS CRAWFORDI; DREPANOISTODUS; EOPLACOGNATHUS SUECICUS; HOLMOGRAPTUS; LENODUS VARIABILIS; PAROISTODUS;

EID: 33847033009     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.02.023     Document Type: Article

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