Is there a Grenvillian basement in the Guerrero-Morelos platform of Mexico?

Geologica Acta

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-175

  Levresse, G ^a   Tritlla, J ^a   Deloule, E ^b   Pinto Linares, P ^c  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Grenvillian Age; Guerrero; U Pb dating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; CRYSTAL; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; HORNBLENDE; ION MICROPROBE; PALEOCENE; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; TERTIARY; TONALITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; XENOLITH; ZIRCON;

GUERRERO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MORELOS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34347237798     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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