Neuquén Basin

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The Neuquén Basin is a major sedimentary basin in west-central Argentina known for its rich hydrocarbon resources and significant Mesozoic geological formations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf sedimentary basin ⓘ
boundedBy Andes Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Andes

North Patagonian Massif ⓘ
Sierra Pintada Massif ⓘ
contains Agrio Formation ⓘ
Chachao Formation ⓘ
linked to: Agrio Formation

Cuyo Group ⓘ
Lajas Formation ⓘ
Lotena Group ⓘ
Mendoza Group ⓘ
Mulichinco Formation ⓘ
Neuquén Group ⓘ
Quintuco Formation ⓘ
Rayoso Formation ⓘ
linked to: Quintuco Formation

Río Colorado Subgroup ⓘ
Río Limay Subgroup ⓘ
Río Neuquén Subgroup ⓘ
linked to: Neuquén Group

Tordillo Formation ⓘ
Vaca Muerta Formation ⓘ
containsFossilsFrom Cretaceous period ⓘ
linked to: Cretaceous

Jurassic period ⓘ
linked to: Jurassic Period
containsStratigraphy Cretaceous ⓘ
Jurassic ⓘ
Triassic ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
developedSince early 20th century ⓘ
geologicalAge Mesozoic ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance major hydrocarbon province of Argentina ⓘ
hasMajorCityNearby Neuquén ⓘ
linked to: Neuquén Province
knownFor dinosaur fossil localities ⓘ
hydrocarbon resources ⓘ
natural gas production ⓘ
petroleum production ⓘ
unconventional shale resources ⓘ
languageOfToponym Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn La Pampa Province ⓘ
Mendoza Province ⓘ
Neuquén Province ⓘ
Río Negro Province ⓘ
west-central Argentina ⓘ
namedAfter Neuquén River ⓘ
overlies Paleozoic basement ⓘ
partOf Andean foreland basins ⓘ
primaryResources natural gas ⓘ
oil ⓘ
shale gas ⓘ
shale oil ⓘ
tectonicSetting retroarc foreland basin ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neuquén River → crosses → Neuquén Basin ⓘ
Andean foreland → hasPart → Neuquén foreland sector ⓘ
linked to: Neuquén Basin
Andean back-arc basins → include → Neuquén Basin ⓘ
Giganotosaurus → livedInBasin → Neuquén Basin ⓘ
Vaca Muerta shale formation → locatedIn → Neuquén Basin ⓘ
Plaza Huincul → economicRegion → Neuquén Basin ⓘ
Añelo Department → geologicalFeature → Neuquén Basin ⓘ
Cutral Có → economicRegion → Neuquén Basin ⓘ
Tromen volcano → locatedIn → Neuquén Basin region ⓘ
linked to: Neuquén Basin
Cuyo Basin → relatedTo → Neuquén Basin ⓘ