Mesozoic-Cenozoic evolution of the North Patagonian Batholith in Aysen, southern Chile

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 673-694

  Pankhurst, R J ^a   Weaver, S D ^b   Herve F ^c   Larrondo, P ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Granites; Isotopes; Petrogenesis; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CALC ALKALINE ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MELTING;

CHILE;

EID: 0032703209     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.4.0673     Document Type: Article

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