Grenvillian massif-type anorthosites in the Sierras Pampeanas

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-12

  Casquet, C ^a   Pankhurst, R J ^b   Rapela, C W ^c   Galindo, C ^a   Dahlquist, J ^d   Baldo, E ^e   Saavedra, J ^f   Casado, J M González ^g   Fanning, C M ^h  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^d Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^f INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^h AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anorthosites; Argentina; Neoproterozoic; Rodinia; SHRIMP data; Sierras Pampeanas

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA;

ARGENTINA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13344268971     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-100     Document Type: Article

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