Complex palaeosol ichnofabrics from Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous volcaniclastic successions of Central Patagonia, Argentina

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 220, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 74-102

  Bedatou, Emilio ^a   Melchor, Ricardo N ^a   Genise, Jorge F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ichnofabrics; Mesozoic; Palaeosols; Patagonia; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; CRAYFISH; DEPOSITION; ICHNOFABRIC; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; TRACE FOSSIL; TUBE DWELLER; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ASTACOIDEA; BEACONITES CORONUS; TAENIDIUM; TAENIDIUM BARRETTI;

EID: 84861005011     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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