Ordovician metamorphism and plutonism in the Sierra de Quilmes metamorphic complex: Implications for the tectonic setting of the northern Sierras Pampeanas (NW Argentina)

Lithos

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 143-181

  Buttner S H ^a,b   Glodny, J ^c   Lucassen, F ^c   Wemmer, K ^d   Erdmann, S ^b,e   Handler, R ^f   Franz, G ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatexis; Extensional tectonics; Geochronology; Near isobaric cooling; P T t( d) path

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; METAMORPHISM; ORDOVICIAN; PLUTONISM; TECTONIC SETTING;

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

EID: 20544452940     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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