U-Pb, Th-Pb and Ar-Ar geochronology from the southern Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina: implications for the Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the western Gondwana margin

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 142, Issue , 1998, Pages 259-281

  Sims, J P ^a   Ireland, T R ^b   Camacho, A ^a   Lyons, P ^a   Pieters, P E ^a   Skirrow, R G ^a   Stuart Smith, P G ^a   Miro R ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Servicio Geologico Minero Argentino   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GONDWANA; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

ARGENTINA;

ENTOVALVA;

EID: 0032299555     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.142.01.13     Document Type: Article

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