Geology of the Sierra de Fiambala, northwestern Argentina: implications for Early Palaeozoic Andean tectonics

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 142, Issue , 1998, Pages 297-323

  Grissom, Grady C ^a   Debari, Susan M ^b   Snee, Lawrence W ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GONDWANA; METAMORPHISM; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ARGENTINA;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 0032295737     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.142.01.15     Document Type: Article

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