Changes in the architecture of fluvial deposits in the Paganzo Basin (Upper Paleozoic of San Juan province): An example of sea level and climatic controls on the development of coastal fluvial environments

Geologica Acta

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 463-482

  Tedesco, A ^a   Ciccioli, P ^a   Suriano, J ^a   Limarino, C O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Climatic changes; Fluvial architecture; Late Paleozoic; Sea level changes; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LITHOFACIES; NAMURIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PENNSYLVANIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

ARGENTINA; PAGANZO BASIN;

EID: 79551564486     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1344/105.000001583     Document Type: Article

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