U-Pb SHRIMP zircon dating of Grenvillian metamorphism in Western Sierras Pampeanas (Argentina): Correlation with the Arequipa-Antofalla craton and constraints on the extent of the Precordillera Terrane

Gondwana Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 524-529

  Casquet, Cesar ^a   Pankhurst, Robert J ^b   Fanning, C Mark ^c   Baldo, Edgardo ^d   Galindo, Carmen ^a   Rapela, Carlos W ^e   González Casado, Jose M ^f   Dahlquist, Juan A ^g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Grenville; Metamorphism; Sierras Pampeanas; U Pb SHRIMP zircon dating

Indexed keywords

CORDILLERA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; SHRIMP DATING; TERRANE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARGENTINA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS;

EID: 33646487907     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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