Sedimentary evolution of Neogene continental deposits (Ñirihuau Formation) along the Ñirihuau River, North Patagonian Andes of Argentina

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-88

  Paredes, J M ^a   Giacosa, R E ^a,b   Heredia, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^b Servicio Geologico Minero Argentino   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lacustrine and fluvial palaeoenvironments; Miocene foreland basin; irihuau Formation; North Patagonian Andes; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FORELAND BASIN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITHOFACIES; NEOGENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649094149     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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