Biogenic and physical sedimentary structures in latest Cambrian-earliest Ordovician mudrock facies (Famatina Range, Northwestern Argentina)
Esteban, S. B. (Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales)
| Date: |
2003 |
| Abstract: |
Lamination is a common feature in shales and other mud-dominated rocks. When combined with other geological evidence, the diverse lamination types can provide important information about sedimentary processes and depositional environments. Petrographic and Scanning Electron Microscope studies performed in the latest Cambrian- earliest Ordovician lower Member of the Volcancito Formation (Famatina Range) have revealed three distinct types of lamination in mudrocks. Thick horizontal lamination (. |
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| Language: |
Anglès |
| Document: |
Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
| Subject: |
Late Cambrian-Early Ordovician ;
Mudrocks ;
Biogenic and physical lamination ;
Famatina Range ;
NW Argentina |
| Published in: |
Geologica acta, Vol. 1, Num. 1 (2003) , p. 85-94, ISSN 1696-5728 |
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DOI: 10.1344/105.000001594
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