CIG   05423
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
capítulos de libros
Título:
Sedimentology and paleoenvironment of the Santa Cruz Formation
Autor/es:
MATHEOS, SERGIO; RAIGEMBORN MARIA SOL
Libro:
Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: high-latitude paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation”
Editorial:
Cambridge University Press
Referencias:
Lugar: Cambridge; Año: 2012; p. 59 - 82
Resumen:
Lower-middle Miocene deposits of Santa Cruz Formation are widely represented in the Atlantic coastal area of Santa Cruz Province, southeast Patagonia, Argentina. This area represents an important setting from the paleontological point of view due to the intense research that paleontologists are carrying out since 1890 (Tauber, 1997, Kay et al., 2008, references therein and in chapter XX). The sedimentology of the Santa Cruz Formation was briefly mentioned by Tauber (1994, 1997) who defined two members: Estancia La Costa and Estancia La Angelina, from the oldest to the youngest. Recently Matheos et al. (2008, 2010) has been analyzed some compositional aspects of the formation in the area of Parque Nacional Monte León and the coastal exposures between Río Coyle and Río Gallegos.