Deep water stromatolites from the Los Molles Formation (Neuquén, Argentina): Jurassic sea-floor cold seeps?;Estromatolitos de aguas profundas en la Formación Los Molles (Neuquén, Argentina): ¿chimeneas de metano en el fondo marino jurásico?

Revista de la Asociacion Argentina de Sedimentologia

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1-14

  Gómez Pérez, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioherm; Calcareous tube worms; Cold seeps; Deep water; Jurassic; Rift faulting; Siliciclastic basin; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249060479     PISSN: 18536360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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