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Age constraints for the northernmost outcrops of the Triassic Cuyana Basin, Argentina

Date

Authors

Mancuso, A.C.

Chemale, Farid

Barredo, S.

Avila, Janaina

Ottone, E.

Marsicano, C.

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

Age constraints on the Cerro Puntudo Formation at the northernmost exposures of the continental Triassic Cuyana Basin are presented based on palynological data and U-Pb zircon dating. The lacustrine facies of the upper part of the Cerro Puntudo Formation

Keywords

Keywords: Anisian; chronostratigraphy; geochronology; lacustrine deposit; palynology; sedimentary sequence; SHRIMP dating; stratigraphic correlation; uranium-lead dating; Argentina; Cuyana Basin; Anisia; Cuyana; Filicophyta; Lycopodiopsida Anisian stage; Cerro Puntudo Formation; Cuyana Basin; Palynology; U-Pb dating

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/62924

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.jsames.2010.03.001

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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