Late amalgamation in the central part of West Gondwana: New geochronological data and the characterization of a Cambrian collisional orogeny in the Ribeira Belt (SE Brazil)

Precambrian Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 29-61

  Da Silva Schmitt, Renata ^a   Trouw, Rudolph A J ^b   Van Schmus, William Randall ^c   Pimentel, Márcio Martins ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cambrian; Gondwana; High grade metamorphism; Orogeny; U Pb

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZIRCONIUM;

CAMBRIAN; COLLISION ZONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; OROGENY;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CRYSTAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECAMBRIAN; REVIEW; ROCK; TEMPERATURE;

RIBEIRA BELT; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3042689217     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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