Provenance of plutonic detritus in cover sandstones of Nicoya Complex, Costa Rica: Cretaceous unroofing history of a Mesozoic ophiolite sequence

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 832-844

  Calvo, Claudio ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex; Costa Rica; Modal analysis; Ophiolite; Plagiogranites; Provenance

Indexed keywords

MODAL ANALYSIS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; TEXTURES;

PLUTONIC DETRITUS;

SANDSTONE;

CRETACEOUS; OPHIOLITE; PETROLOGY; PLAGIOGRANITE; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

(NORTHWEST); COSTA RICA;

EID: 0041766617     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0832:POPDIC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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