Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian-Aptian) biostratigraphy of the Neuquén Basin

The Berriasian-Aptian succession in the Neuquén Basin is mainly marine in the lower part and non-marine in the upper portion. A detailed ammonite zonation is presented for the Berriasian-?Early Barremian interval. While some ammonite taxa are endemic, others are widely distributed and there are seve...

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Autores: Aguirre-Urreta, Maria Beatriz, Rawson, Peter F., Concheyro, G. Andrea, Bown, Paul R., Ottone, Eduardo Guillermo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/92950
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/92950
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:BIOSTRATYGRAPHY
NEUQUEN BASIN
LOWER CRETACEOUS
CORRELATION
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:The Berriasian-Aptian succession in the Neuquén Basin is mainly marine in the lower part and non-marine in the upper portion. A detailed ammonite zonation is presented for the Berriasian-?Early Barremian interval. While some ammonite taxa are endemic, others are widely distributed and there are several levels where correlation can be suggested with the 'standard' stages and zones of the Tethyan Mediterranean area. Several nannofossil bioevents are recognized, and these provide evidence for correlation with Tethyan areas. Correlations suggested by both groups are reasonably consistent. Berriasian-Aptian palynomorphs include both terrestrial and marine forms. Several terrestrial assemblages can be recognized, but the marine forms are mainly long-ranging taxa, especially in the Agrio Formation.