Inherited arc signature in Ediacaran and Early Cambrian basins of the Ossa-Morena Zone (Iberian Massif, Portugal): Paleogeographic link with European and North African Cadomian correlatives

Precambrian Research

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 297-315

  Pereira, M Francisco ^a   Chichorro, Martim ^a   Linnemann, Ulf ^b   Eguiluz, Luis ^c   Silva, J Brandão ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cadomian orogeny; Early Cambrian; Ediacaran; Geochemistry of sediments; Northern Gondwana margin; Ossa Morena zone

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GONDWANA; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 30844449896     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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