The Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) fluvial-aeolian systems of the southern Neuquén Basin, Argentina

Gondwana Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 286-302

  Veiga, Gonzalo D ^a   Spalletti, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Argentina; Fluvial; Kimmeridgian; Neuqu n Basin

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; JURASSIC; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN;

EID: 33947311981     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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