Tidally dominated, rimmed-shelf facies of the Picún Leufú Formation (Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary) in southwest Gondwana, Neuquén Basin, Argentina

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 961-979

  Armella, Claudia ^a   Cabaleri, Nora ^a   Leanza, Héctor A ^b  

^a Instituto de Geocronologia y Geologia Isotopica   (Argentina)

^b Servicio Geologico Minero Argentino   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Carbonate shelf; Facies microfacies analysis; Jurassic Cretaceous boundary; Neuqu n Basin; Palaeontology; Pic n Leuf Formation; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

BAR; BENTHOS; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; FORMATION MECHANISM; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHELF SEDIMENT; TAPHONOMY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36048986993     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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