Common Crustal Source for Contrasting Peraluminous Facies in the Early Paleozoic Capillitas Batholith, NW Argentina

Gondwana Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 325-337

  Rossi, J N ^a   Toselli, A J ^a   Saavedra, J ^b   Sial, A N ^c   Pellitero, E ^b   Ferreira, V P ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Common source; Cordierite; Mafic and felsic facies; Paleozoic; Peraluminous

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CORDIERITE; CRUST; FACIES; FELSIC ROCK; GRANITE; MAFIC ROCK; PALEOZOIC;

ARGENTINA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS;

EID: 0347309515     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70726-7     Document Type: Article

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