The Chiapas Massif (Mexico) revised: New geologic and isotopic data and basement characteristics

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-23

  Schaaf, Peter ^a   Weber, Bodo ^b   Weis, Philipp ^c   Groß, Andreas ^c   Ortega Gutiérrez, Fernando ^a   Köhler, Hermann ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c Universität München ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; DIORITE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; NEW RECORD; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRIASSIC;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 0037776703     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/225/2002/1     Document Type: Article

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