Microbial mats and their palaeoenvironmental analysis in offshore – shelf facies of the Los Molles Formation (Toarcian – Lower Callovian) in the Chacay Melehue area, Neuquén Basin, Argentina
Maximiliano Nicolás Rodriguez,
Débora Mical Campetella,
Noelia Beatriz Carmona
et al.
Abstract:This contribution presents the first study focused on the analysis of microbial mats in the Los Molles Formation (Toarcian – Early Callovian), Neuquén Basin, Argentina. This unit mainly represents offshore‐to‐shelf environments affected by storms and density currents. The Los Molles Formation is one of the oldest source rocks in the Neuquén Basin and constitutes an unconventional shale gas reservoir of great economic importance. The aim of this work was to identify the microbial activity from the description a… Show more
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