Malargüe Group (Maastrichtian-Danian) deposits in the Neuquén Andes, Argentina: Implications for the onset of the first Atlantic transgression related to Western Gondwana break-up

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 482-494

  Aguirre Urreta, B ^a,b   Tunik, M ^c   Naipauer, M ^a,b   Pazos, P ^a,b   Ottone, E ^a,b   Fanning, M ^d   Ramos, V A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cretaceous Paleogene boundary; Nannobacteria; Neuqu n Basin; Stromatolites; Volcanic front; Western Gondwana

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DANIAN; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; GONDWANA; LIMESTONE; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSGRESSION; UPLIFT; VOLCANIC ARC;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN;

EID: 78751704098     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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