Provenance ages of late Paleozoic sandstones (Santa Rosa Formation) from the Maya block, SE Mexico. Implications on the tectonic evolution of western Pangea

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 262-276

  Weber, Bodo ^a   Schaaf, Peter ^b   Valencia, Victor A ^c   Iriondo, Alexander ^d,e   Ortega Gutiérrez, Fernando ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Pan African Brasiliano; Provenance ages; SE Mexico; Sediments; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750444926     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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