Ordovician K-bentonites in the upper-plate active margin of Western Gondwana, (Famatina Ranges): Stratigraphic and palaeogeographic significance

Gondwana Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-325

  Astini, Ricardo A ^a   Collo, Gilda ^a   Martina, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Early Ordovician; Famatina Ranges; K bentonites; Palaeogeography; Proto Andean Gondwana margin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; BENTONITE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE MOTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARGENTINA; LA RIOJA [ARGENTINA]; SIERRA DE FAMATINA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS;

EID: 33947354997     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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