Evolution of polycyclic basement complexes in the Araçuaí Orogen, based on U-Pb SHRIMP data: Implications for Brazil-Africa links in Paleoproterozoic time

Precambrian Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 60-78

  Noce, Carlos M ^a   Pedrosa Soares, Antônio Carlos ^a   da Silva, Luiz Carlos ^b   Armstrong, Richard ^c   Piuzana, Danielle ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico CEDES   (Brazil)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ara ua Orogen; Gneiss complexes; Paleoproterozoic basement; Zircon SHRIMP ages

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; GRANULITE; MAGMATISM; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING;

AFRICA; ARACUAI; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34848891500     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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