40Ar/39Ar dating of the Jurassic volcanic province of Patagonia: Migrating magmatism related to Gondwana break-up and subduction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 83-96

  Feraud G ^a   Alric, V ^a,b   Fornari, M ^a   Bertrand, H ^c   Haller, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b Univ Nac Patagonia S Juan Bosco   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Acidic magmas; Geochronology; Jurassic; Magmatism; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0343384375     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00190-9     Document Type: Article

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