The Mara Rosa Arc in the Tocantins Province: Further evidence for Neoproterozoic crustal accretion in Central Brazil

Precambrian Research

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 299-310

  Pimentel, Márcio M ^a   Whitehouse, Martin J ^b   Viana, Maria Das G ^a   Fuck, Reinhardt A ^a   Machado, Nuno ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brasiliano Cycle; Bras lia Belt; Crustal accretion; Magmatic arc; Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

BRASILIANO OROGENY; CRUSTAL ACCRETION; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

BRAZIL, TOCANTINS PROVINCE;

EID: 0030782542     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(96)00039-3     Document Type: Article

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