Paleomagnetic evidence of an early Paleozoic rotated terrane in northwest Argentina: A clue for Condwana-Laurentia interaction?

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 953-956

  Conti, C M ^a   Rapalini, A E ^a   Coira, B ^b   Koukharsky, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE JUJUY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY PALEOZOIC; LOWER ORDOVICIAN; NORTHERN APPALACHIANS; NORTHWEST ARGENTINA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOMAGNETIC EVIDENCE;

GEOLOGY;

ACCRETION; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; TERRANE; ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; ROTATED TERRANE;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0030498159     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0953:PEOAEP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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