U-Pb zircon constraints on the age of the Cretaceous Mata Amarilla Formation, Southern Patagonia, Argentina: its relationship with the evolution of the Austral Basin

U-Pb zircon constraints on the age of the Cretaceous Mata Amarilla Formation, Southern Patagonia, Argentina: its relationship with the evolution of the Austral Basin

Despite the abundant fossil content of the Mata Amarilla Formation (Southern Patagonia, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina), its age has always generated a considerable number of questions and debates. The chronological data provided by invertebrates, dinosaurs, fish, turtles, plesiosaurs and fossil flo...

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Main Authors: Varela,Augusto N, Poiré,Daniel G, Martin,Thomas, Gerdes,Axel, Goin,Francisco J, Gelfo,Javier N, Hoffmann,Simone
Language:English
Published: Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN) 2012
Subjects:
Mata Amarilla Formation
Zircons
Laser ablation
Austral Basin (Rocas Verdes Marginal Basin-Magallanes Basin)
Foreland basin
Argentina
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-71062012000300001
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