The Río de la Plata craton and the assembly of SW Gondwana

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 49-82

  Rapela, C W ^a   Pankhurst, R J ^b   Casquet, C ^c   Fanning, C M ^d   Baldo, E G ^e   Gonzalez Casado J M ^f   Galindo, C ^c   Dahlquist, J ^g  

^a National University of La Plata Centro de Investigaciones Geologicas   (Argentina)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Brasiliano orogeny; Cambrian; Gondwana assembly; Neoproterozoic; Palaeoproterozoic; Pampean orogeny; R o de la Plata craton; U Pb zircon dating

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASEMENT ROCK; BOREHOLE; BRASILIANO OROGENY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GONDWANA; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; RIO DE LA PLATA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

EID: 34250172075     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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