Integrated bio- and lithofacies analysis of coarse-grained, tide-dominated deltaic environments across the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary in Patagonia, Argentina

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-57

  Scasso, R A ^a   Aberhan, M ^b   Ruiz, L ^a   Weidemeyer, S ^b   Medina, F A ^a   Kiessling, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofacies; K Pg; Lithofacies; Patagonia; Salinity; Tide dominated delta

Indexed keywords

BIOFACIES; CRETACEOUS; DELTA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAUNA; LITHOFACIES; PALEOGENE; SALINITY; TAXONOMY; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL FLAT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 84859822858     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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