The Puesto Piris Formation: Evidence of basin-development in the North Patagonian Massif during crustal extension associated with Gondwana breakup
The Marifil Volcanic Complex, exposed in the eastern North Patagonian Massif, Argentina, includes up to 550 m of red conglomerates, sandstones, black siltstones, limestones, and reworked tuff of the Puesto Piris Formation. The basal part of this unit, which was deposited in high-gradient topographic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-01-01
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Series: | Geoscience Frontiers |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987118300355 |