Geochronology of Proterozoic basement inliers in the Colombian Andes: Tectonic history of remnants of a fragmented Grenville belt

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 246, Issue , 2005, Pages 329-346

  Cordani, U G ^a   Cardona, A ^a   Jimenez, D M ^a,b   Liu, D ^c   Nutman, A P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SERVICIO GEOLÓGICO COLOMBIANO   (Colombia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; INLIER; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LAURENTIA;

EID: 23844550350     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.246.01.13     Document Type: Article

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