The Lower Cretaceous Chañarcillo and Neuquén Andean basins: ammonoid biostratigraphy and correlations

• Published in: Geological Journal
• Main Authors: Aguirre-Urreta, Maria Beatriz, Mourgues, F. Amaro, Rawson, Peter F., Bulot, Luc G., Jaillard, Etienne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Subjects: AMMONITES; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHAÑARCILLO BASIN; CORRELATIONS; LOWER CRETACEOUS; NEUQUÉN BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Pacific; Argentina; Pablo; Etienne; Aguirre; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/93527

The Chañarcillo and Neuquén basins of the Central Andes shared a common geological history in the earlier part of the Early Cretaceous but from Barremian times onward their evolution began to diverge, probably due to an increasing activity of an intervening volcanic arc. The Berriasian to Lower Barr...