Provenance of late Palaeozoic metasediments of the Patagonian proto-Pacific margin (southernmost Chile and Argentina)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-88

  Augustsson, Carita ^a   Bahlburg, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Heavy minerals; Palaeozoic; Patagonia; Provenance

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HEAVY MINERAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METASEDIMENT; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN; PROVENANCE; TOURMALINE;

ARGENTINA; CHILE; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38049004381     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0158-7     Document Type: Article

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