Stable isotope composition of middle Miocene carbonates of the Frontal Cordillera and Sierras Pampeanas: Did the Paranaense seaway flood western and central Argentina?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 308, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 293-303

  Ruskin, Brian G ^a   Dávila, Federico M ^b   Hoke, Gregory D ^c   Jordan, Teresa E ^a   Astini, Ricardo A ^b   Alonso, Ricardo ^d  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Paran Sea; Sierras Pampeanas; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; FORELAND BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; MIOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARGENTINA; COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960708976     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.05.033     Document Type: Article

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