Duration of the trans-amazonian cycle and its correlation within South America based on U-Pb shrimp geochronology of the la plata craton, Uruguay

International Geology Review

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-48

  Santos, João Orestes Schneider ^a   Hartmann, Léo Afraneo ^b   Bossi, Jorge ^c   Campal, Néstor ^c   Schipilov, Alejandro ^c   Piñeyro, Daniel ^c   McNaughton, Neal Jesse ^d  

^a Geological Survey of Brazil CPRM   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Universidad de La República   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

URUGUAY;

EID: 0038608176     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.45.1.27     Document Type: Article

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