The Neuquén Basin: a Case Study in Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Dynamics.

VEIGA, G.D.; SPALLETTI, L.;; HOWELL, J.; SCHWARZ, E.

Geological Society of London

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2005 p. 336

1-86239-190--4

The Neuquén Basin, Argentina A Case Study in Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Dynamics Edited by G. D. Veiga, L. A. Spalletti, J. A. Howell and E. Schwarz The Neuquén Basin of northern Patagonia provides an excellent case study in basin analysis and sequence stratigraphy. The basin is one of the largest petroleum provinces in South America and includes a dramatic record of relative sea level changes as well as a unique and globally important palaeontological record. Understanding this region is also central to unravelling the history of the Andes. The latest developments in the study of the area have been combined in this volume to give an integrated series of case studies that document the structural, igneous, sedimentological and palaeontological history of the region from the Triassic to the Recent. This publication provides an introduction into this fascinating region as well as a resource that includes the most complete and up-to-date studies of the area. Visit our online bookshop: http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/bookshop Geological Society web site: http://www.geolsoc.org.uk Cover illustration: Foreground: Lower Cretaceous mixed carbonate–evaporite succession of the Huitrín Formation overlying a thick black shale sequence of the Agrio Formation, northern Cara-Cura range, Mendoza province. Background: Payún Volcano (3680 m), one of the most important examples of Cenozoic volcanism in the retroarc of the Neuquén Basin. Photograph by G. D. Veiga The Neuquén Basin, Argentina A Case Study in Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Dynamics Edited by G. D. Veiga, L. A. Spalletti, J. A. Howell and E. Schwarz The Geological Society Geological Society Special Publication 252