Depositional settings of the basal López de Bertodano formation, Maastrichtian, Antarctica

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 521-529

  Olivero, Eduardo B ^a   Ponce, Juan J ^a   Marsicano, Claudia A ^b   Martinioni, Daniel R ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Dinosaur footprints; Maastrichtian; Snow Hill Seymour islands; Tidal settings

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTRATIGRAPHY; BASAL AREA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAASTRICHTIAN; MUDSTONE; TIDAL CHANNEL; UNCONFORMITY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SEYMOUR ISLAND; SNOW HILL ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 51349118320     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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