Ordovician collision of the Argentine Precordillera with Gondwana, independent of Laurentian Taconic orogeny

Tectonophysics

Volumn 345, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 131-152

  Thomas, Willliam A ^a   Astini, Ricardo A ^b   Bayona, Germán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Ocloyic orogeny; Ordovician collision; Precordillera; Taconic orogeny

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TACONIC OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0036222512     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00210-4     Document Type: Article

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