Paleomagnetism of the Sierra de Las Animas Complex, Southern Uruguay: Its implications in the assembly of Western Gondwana

Precambrian Research

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 243-265

  Sánchez Bettucci, Leda ^a   Rapalini, Augusto E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Neoproterozoic; Paleogeography; Paleomagnetism; South America; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; KINEMATICS; MAGNETISM; MODEL; PALEONTOLOGY; POLARIZATION; SEDIMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

URUGUAY;

EID: 0037175773     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00114-6     Document Type: Article

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