Early Gondwanan connection for the Argentine Precordillera terrane

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 349-359

  Finney, Stan ^a   Gleason, James ^b   Gehrels, George ^c   Peralta, Silvio ^d   Acenolaza, Guillermo ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cambrian; Geochronology; Ordovician; Paleogeography; Precordillera

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; ZIRCON;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0037428190     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01063-4     Document Type: Article

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