Las eolianitas de la Formación Agua de la Piedra (Mioceno Tardío), Cordillera principal (Provincia de Mendoza, Argentina)

Ana M.  Combina

Authors

Ana M. Combina CONICET- Facultad de Ingeniería. Ruta 8 km 601. 5800 Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina.

Keywords:

Aeolian dunes; Piedmont; Agua de la Piedra Fm; Cordillera Principal; Late Miocene.

Abstract

The sedimentology and depositional architecture of the sequences cropping out in the towns of La Jaula and Agua del Médano, both in the Province of Mendoza, were analyzed with the purpose of reporting Late Miocene pedemont dunes in Cordillera Principal.

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