Oxfordian reef architecture of the La Manga Formation, Neuquén Basin, Mendoza Province, Argentina

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 127-140

  Palma, Ricardo M ^a,b   Kietzmann, Diego A ^a,b   Adamonis, Susana ^a   Gómez, José López ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argentina; Neuqu n Basin; Oxfordian; Reef

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE RAMP; CORAL REEF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTATION; MICRITE; OXFORDIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; TAPHONOMY;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; NEUQUEN BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACETABULARIA; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; ECHINODERMATA; GASTROPODA; GRYPHAEIDAE; MILIOLINA; NATICA; SCLERACTINIA; THAMNASTERIA;

EID: 70349778827     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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