Stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of Los Lanos Formation (La Rioja): A condensed sequence in the broken foreland of the Central Andes;Estratigrafía y paleoambientes de la Formación Los Llanos (La Rioja): Una secuencia condensada miocena en el antepaís fragmentado Andino Central

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-186

  Ezpeleta, Miguel ^a   Dávila, Federico M ^a   Astini, Ricardo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Broken foreland; Central Andes; Depozyne; Forebulge; Los Llanos Formation; Miocene; Paleosoils; Sierras Pampeanas

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONDENSATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FORELAND BASIN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248998465     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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