Ichnology and sedimentology of a tide-influenced delta, Lower Miocene Chenque Formation, Patagonia, Argentina: Trace-fossil distribution and response to environmental stresses

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 75-86

  Carmona, Noelia B ^a   Buatois, Luis A ^b   Ponce, Juan José ^a   Mángano, María Gabriela ^b  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chenque Formation; Ichnology; Miocene; Patagonia; Tide influenced delta

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BIVALVE; DELTA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOSSIL RECORD; ICHNOLOGY; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ATRINA; BIVALVIA; CALETA; CRUZIANA; NEREITES; OLIVIA; PLANOLITES MONTANUS; TEICHICHNUS; THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 60149084410     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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