Estuary deposits in the Río Baguales Formation (Chattian-Aquitanean), Magallanes Province, Chile;Depósitos estuarinos en la Formación Río Baguales (Chattiano-Aquitaniano), Provincia de Magalla- nes, Chile

Andean Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 329-344

  le Roux, Jacobus P ^a   Puratich, Jacqueline ^a   Amaro Mourgues, F ^b   Oyarzún, José Luis ^c   Otero, Rodrigo A ^a   Torres, Teresa ^a   Hervé, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^c Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales ^*

Author keywords

Estuary; Gilbert type delta; Oligocene Miocene sea level changes; Polykladichnus

Indexed keywords

BAY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GEOACCUMULATION; LAGOON; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PROGRADATION; REGRESSION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING; TIDAL FLAT; TRANSGRESSION;

CHILE; DRAKE PASSAGE; MAGALLANES;

EID: 79955700287     PISSN: 07187092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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