P-T-t evolution of an Early Silurian medium-grade shear zone on the west side of the Famatinian magmatic arc, Argentina: Implications for the assembly of the Western Gondwana margin

Gondwana Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-226

  Castro de Machuca, B ^a,b   Arancibia, G ^c   Morata, D ^d   Belmar, M ^d   Previley, L ^a,b   Pontoriero, S ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^c SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Argentina; Famatinian Orogeny; Metagabbroic mylonites; P T path; Sierra de La Huerta

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DECOMPRESSION; GONDWANA; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; P-T CONDITIONS; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 38949114954     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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