Southernmost Andes and South Georgia Island, North Scotia Ridge: Zircon U-Pb and muscovite 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on tectonic evolution of Southwestern Gondwanaland

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 349-365

  Mukasa, Samuel B ^a   Dalziel, Ian W D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; GONDWANA; MAGMATISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTH AMERICA, ANDES;

EID: 0030428947     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-9811(96)00019-3     Document Type: Article

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