Architecture and evolution of the Paine channel complex, Cerro Toro Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Silla Syncline, Magallanes Basin, Chile

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 979-1009

  Crane, William H ^a   Lowe, Donald R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Chile; Conglomerates; Debris flow; Submarine canyon; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; DEBRIS FLOW; MUDSTONE; SANDSTONE; SUBMARINE CANYON; SYNCLINE; TURBIDITE;

ANDES; AUSTRAL BASIN; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 47649122615     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00933.x     Document Type: Article

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