Sr-Isotope chronostratigraphy of Paleogene-Neogene marine deposits: Austral Basin, southern Patagonia (Argentina)

• Published in: Journal of South American Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Parras, Ana Maria, Dix, George R., Griffin, Miguel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: AUSTRAL BASIN; MONTE LEÓN FORMATION; PALEOGENE-NEOGENE BOUNDARY; PATAGONIA; SAN JULIÁN FORMATION; SR-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; Geología; Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente; CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS; Argentina; Austral; New Zealand; Pampa; Patagonia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/81541

The Paleogene to Neogene San Julián and Monte León formations underlie the central and eastern parts of the Austral Basin (Patagonia, Argentina), and represent coastal plain to shallow shelf systems within a retroarc foreland basin east of the Andes. The formations are characterized by prominent occ...