Cambrian initiation of the Las Pirquitas thrust of the western Sierras Pampeans, Argentina: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the proto-Andean margin of South America

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 443-446

  Mulcahy, Sean R ^a   Roeske, Sarah M ^a   McClelland, William C ^b   Nomade, Sébastien ^c,d,e   Renne, Paul R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

0Ar 39Ar; 4; Argentine Precordillera; Cambrian; Convergent margin; Las Pirquitas thrust; Ordovician; Proto Andean margin; Sierras Pampeans; Terrane accretion

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; TERRANE; TERRANE ACCRETION;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ACCRETION; CAMBRIAN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; IMBRICATION; ORDOVICIAN; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT;

ARGENTINA; PRECORDILLERA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248571387     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23436A.1     Document Type: Article

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