Significance of the Nova Brasilândia metasedimentary belt in western Brazil: Redefining the Mesoproterozoic boundary of the Amazon craton

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1-20

  Tohver, Eric ^a,b   Van der Pluijm, Ben ^a   Mezger, Klaus ^c   Essene, Eric ^a   Scandolara, Jaime ^d   Rizzotto, Gilmar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d CPRM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon craton; Geochronology; Grenville mobile belt; P T path; Paragua craton; Rodinia

Indexed keywords

CRATON; CRUSTAL THICKENING; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16344361906     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001563     Document Type: Article

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