Combined stratigraphic and isotopic studies of Triassic strata, Cuyo Basin, Argentine Precordillera

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1088-1098

  Ávila, Janaina N ^a,b   Chemale, Jr ^a   Mallmann, Guilherme ^a   Kawashita, K ^a   Armstrong, R A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronostratigraphic horizon; Nd isotopes; Provenance; South America; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC HORIZON; SOUTH AMERICA;

ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

TECTONICS;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC;

ARGENTINA; CUYO BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749019721     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25893.1     Document Type: Article

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