Provenance of the Lower Paleozoic Balcarce Formation (Tandilia System, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina): Implications for paleogeographic reconstructions of SW Gondwana

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 219, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 7-23

  Zimmermann, Udo ^a   Spalletti, Luis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b National University of La Plata Centro de Investigaciones Geologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Balcarce Formation; Heavy mineral study; Lower Paleozoic; Provenance

Indexed keywords

ARENITE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GONDWANA; HEAVY MINERAL; PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARGENTINA; BALCARCE; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA; TANDILIA RANGE;

EID: 67651177404     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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