Basement evolution of the Sierra de la Ventana Fold Belt: New evidence for Cambrian continental rifting along the southern margin of Gondwana

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 613-628

  Rapela, C W ^a   Pankhurst, R J ^b,c   Fanning, C M ^d   Grecco, L E ^e  

^a National University of La Plata Centro de Investigaciones Geologicas   (Argentina)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Gondwana; Granites; Rifting; U Pb SHRIMP

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CAMBRIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; RIFTING; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0042266266     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-112     Document Type: Article

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