The Capillitas batholith, NW Argentina: Geophysical and petrological evidences of crustal genesis

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 129-147

  Toselli, Alejandro J ^a   Rossi, Juana N ^a   Martinez, Patricia ^b   Gimenez, Mario ^b   Introcaso, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Geofísico Sismológico Ing F S Volponi IGSV   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gravimetry; Peraluminous cordierite granites; Petrology

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; ANATEXIS; BATHOLITH; BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOPHYSICS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MOHO; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PETROLOGY;

ARGENTINA;

MOHO;

EID: 19844370177     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/236/2005/129     Document Type: Article

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