Geochronology and Nd isotopic data of Grenville-age rocks in the Colombian Andes: New constraints for Late Proterozoic-Early Paleozoic paleocontinental reconstructions of the Americas

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 427-441

  Restrepo Pace, Pedro A ^a,c   Ruiz, Joaquin ^a   Gehrels, George ^a   Cosca, Michael ^b  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Advance Exploration Organization ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Grenvillian Orogeny; Neodymium; Northern Andes; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALAEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC;

COLOMBIA, ANDES;

EID: 0031419186     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00091-5     Document Type: Article

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