Geochemical characterization of black shales from the Río Mayer Formation (Early Cretaceous), Austral-Magallanes Basin, Argentina: Provenance response during Gondwana break-up

• Published in: Journal of South American Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Richiano, Sebastián Miguel, Gómez Peral, Lucia, Varela, Augusto Nicolás, Gómez Dacal, Alejandro Rubén, Cavarozzi, Claudia Ernestina, Poire, Daniel Gustavo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: BLACK SHALES; GEOCHEMISTRY; LOWER CRETACEOUS; PATAGONIA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Austral; Patagonia; Argentina; Magallanes; Rocas; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/101494

During the Early Cretaceous important changes occurred in South-western Gondwana related to its fragmentation, and South Atlantic Ocean opening. Then, two basins developed in southernmost Patagonia: the Austral-Magallanes Basin and the Rocas Verdes-Magallanes Basin. The Río Mayer Formation correspon...