Pegmatite Emplacement in the Seridó Belt, Northeastern Brazil: Late Stage Kinematics of the Brasiliano Orogen

Gondwana Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-85

  Araujo M N C ^a   Alves Da Silva, F C ^a   Jardim De Sa E F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brasiliano orogeny; Gondwana; Kinematics; Pegmatite; Shear zone

Indexed keywords

BRASILIANO OROGENY; DEFORMATION; DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; GEOMETRY; PEGMATITE; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; TECTONICS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0038562195     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70656-0     Document Type: Article

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