Sedimentary evolution and depositional architecture of a lowstand sequence set: the Lower Cretaceous Mulichinco Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina
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Abstract
Abstract The Valanginian-aged Mulichinco Formation was deposited in the Neuquén Basin (west-central Argentina) during and immediately after a major fall in sea level, partially triggered by a tectonic inversion pulse. The formation represents a lowstand wedge where excellent outcrops, together with refined biostratigraphic coverage, have permitted the detailed examination of contemporaneous non-marine and marine deposits. Fourteen facies associations were identified in the Mulichinco Formation. They represent accumulation in a variety of environments ranging from gravelly fluvial braidplains to outer-shelf marine settings. Distribution of depositional environments, together with the identification of key surfaces and stratal patterns, has resulted in the identification of early and late lowstand, transgressive and highstand systems tracts. Accordingly, the Mulichinco lowstand wedge comprises one third-order sequence that lasted about 2 Ma and represents a lowstand sequence set. The character of shoreline sedimentation was highly variable along strike within the Mulichinco depositional area and alluvial deposits were not developed within incised valleys. Tectonically derived topography, basin physiography and fault-controlled subsidence are interpreted to have been the main controls on the evolution of the Mulichinco lowstand wedge. The results of this study have important implications for understanding both the history of Neuquén Basin and illustrating the previously undocumented architectural complexity that may exist within lowstand wedges.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.005 | 0.000 |
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