Carboniferous glacigenic deposits of the proto-Precordillera of west-central Argentina

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 441, Issue , 2008, Pages 131-142

  Henry, Lindsey C ^a   Isbell, John L ^a   Limarino, Carlos O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Late Paleozoic ice age (LPIA); Namurian; Proto Precordillera

Indexed keywords

COARSENING; DEPOSITS; FERTILIZERS; GRAVITATION; LANDFORMS; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

ARGENTINA; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE; MARINE CONDITIONS; NAMURIAN; PRECORDILLERA; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BACKARC BASIN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; NAMURIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REGRESSION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT; VALLEY GLACIER; VISEAN;

ARGENTINA; CALINGASTA-USPALLATA BASIN; PAGANZO BASIN; PRECORDILLERA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS;

EID: 75249100794     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2441(09)     Document Type: Article

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