Sedimentary facies and ichnocenoses in a deltaic/estuarine system in the Piedra Clavada Formation (Cretaceous), Austral Basin (Argentina);Facies sedimentarie e ichnocenosi in un sistema deltizio/estuarino della Formazione Piedra Clavada (Cretaceo), Bacino Australe (Argentina)

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-161

  Carloni, Andrea ^a   Monaco, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Argentina; Austral Basin; Cretaceous; Deltaic estuarine environment; Facies analysis; Ichnocenoses; Parasequences; Piedra Clavada Formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749237488     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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