Tectonic evolution of the western margin of Gondwana inferred from syntectonic emplacement of Paleozoic granitoid plutons in northwest Argentina

Journal of Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-180

  Hongn, Fernando D ^a   Riller, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; GONDWANA; GRANITOID; HOST ROCK; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; PALEOZOIC; PLATE TECTONICS; PLUTON; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947237906     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510644     Document Type: Article

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