Geological aspects and evolution of the Patagonian continental margin

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 346-362

  Cavallotto, José Luis ^a   Violante, Roberto Antonio ^a   Hernández Molina, Francisco Javier ^b  

^a Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argentina; Margin evolution; Palaeoceanography; Patagonia; Shelf; Slope

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISCONTINUITY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIOEUSTACY; MESOZOIC; OCEANIC CURRENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

PATAGONIA;

EXOGENE;

EID: 79957710517     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01683.x     Document Type: Article

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