Middle Eocene-Oligocene broken-foreland evolution in the Andean Calchaqui Valley, NW Argentina: Insights from stratigraphic, structural and provenance studies

Basin Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 574-593

  Del Papa, C ^a   Hongn, F ^b   Powell, J ^c   Payrola, P ^b   Do Campo, M ^d   Strecker, M R ^e   Petrinovic, I ^a   Schmitt, A K ^f   Pereyra, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FORELAND BASIN; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARGENTINA; CALCHAQUI VALLEYS;

EID: 84883793606     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bre.12018     Document Type: Article

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