Mesoproterozoic tectonic correlations between eastern Laurentia and the western border of the Amazon Craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 213-227

  Sadowski, Georg R ^a   Bettencourt, Jorge S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZONIA; LAURENTIA; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0029776962     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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