Subgreenschist facies metamorphism of metabasites from the Precordillera terrane of western Argentina; constraints on the later stages of accretion onto Gondwana

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 441-452

  Robinson, Doug ^a   Bevins, Richard E ^b   Rubinstein, Nora ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Accretion; Gondwana; Laurentia; Low grade metamorphism; Precordillera

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE;

ACCRETION; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; LOW-GRADE METAMORPHISM; PRECORDILLERA;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ACCRETION; GONDWANA; METABASITE; METAMORPHIC FACIES; METAMORPHISM; ORDOVICIAN; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC SETTING;

PRECORDILLERA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LAURENTIA;

EID: 21244498505     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2005/0017-0441     Document Type: Article

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