The Argentine precordillera: A laurentian terrane?

GSA Today

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 16-18

  Dalziel, Ian ^a   Salda, Luis Dalla ^b   Cingolani, Carlos ^b   Palmer, Pete ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c Institute for Cambrian Studies   (United States)

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