Composition, provenance, and tectonic setting of Ordovician siliciclasticrocks in the San Rafael block: Southern extension of the Precordillera crustal fragment, Argentina

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-106

  Cingolani, Carlos Alberto ^a   Manassero, Marcelo ^a   Abre, Paulina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gondwana margin; Sedimentary geochemistry; Siliciclastic rocks; Upper Ordovician

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TECTONICS;

ARGENTINA; SAN RAFAEL BLOCK;

EID: 0037489280     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(03)00021-X     Document Type: Article

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