%0 Journal Article %T Dep¨®sitos marinos progradantes del Carbon¨ªfero Inferior de la Precordillera Occidental, San Juan, Argentina %A Lech %A Roberto Ricardo %J Serie correlaci£¿3n geol£¿3gica %D 2009 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the stratigraphy and the environmental interpretation of the rocks with fossils of the leoncito formation (late early carboniferous) of san juan¡äs precordillera mountain is analysed, together with a detailed geologic map and three stratigraphic profiles where the different layers were located with fossils. the basal section of the leoncito formation is interpreted as marine-transitional sedimentation, with facies of sandy barriers, channels, tidal delta and lagoon, those were affected by sands and conglomerate of glacial origin. %K marine paleoenvironment %K leoncito formation %K lower carboniferous %K western precordillera of san juan %K argentina. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1666-94792009000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en