Sedimentology and high-frequency sequence stratigraphy of a forearc extensional basin: The Miocene Caleta Herradura Formation, Mejillones Peninsula, northern Chile

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 29-52

  Di Celma, Claudio ^a   Cantalamessa, Gino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extensional basin; High frequency sequence stratigraphy; Miocene; Northern Chile

Indexed keywords

CYCLICITY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOREARC BASIN; GLACIOEUSTACY; LITHOFACIES; MIOCENE; OUTCROP; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

ANTOFAGASTA; CHILE; MEJILLONES PENINSULA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CALETA;

EID: 34247487779     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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