Early Cretaceous subaqueous sediment gravity flow deposits in the active margin of the Neuquén Basin;Depósitos de flujos gravitacionales subácueos de sedimentos en el flanco activo de la cuenca neuqina durante el Cretácico Temprano

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 442-453

  Spalletti, Luis A ^a   Veiga, Gonzalo D ^a   Schwarz, Ernesto ^a   Franzese, Juan ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Early Cretaceous; Neuqu n Basin; Sediment gravity flow deposits

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; BLACK SHALE; CRETACEOUS; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAVITY FLOW; JURASSIC; MARL; SEDIMENTATION; SHEAR ZONE; TRANSGRESSION; TURBIDITE;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 55149083527     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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