High-resolution sequence stratigraphy and continental environmental evolution: An example from east-central Argentina

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 296, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-35

  Beilinson, Elisa ^a   Veiga, Gonzalo D ^a   Spalletti, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allogenic controls; Argentina; Fluvial systems; Plio Pleistocene; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT; ARGENTINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EVOLUTION; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; HIGH RESOLUTION SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; PLIO-PLEISTOCENE; SEA-LEVEL OSCILLATIONS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITS; FLOODS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA LEVEL;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BASIN EVOLUTION; BASIN FILL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLOODPLAIN; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYSTEMS TRACT;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 84883720807     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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