Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental characterization of the Middle Ordovician from the Sierras Subandinas (NW Argentina) based on organic-walled microfossils and sequence stratigraphy

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-138

  Rubinstein, Claudia V ^a   Vecoli, Marco ^b   Astini, Ricardo A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Middle Ordovician; Northwestern Argentina; Paleobiogeography; Paleoenvironment; Palynomorphs

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROFOSSIL; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

SUBANDEAN RANGES;

ACRITARCHA; FRANKEA;

EID: 78651518688     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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