The neoproterozoic quatipuru ophiolite and the Araguaia fold belt, central-northern Brazil, compared with correlatives in NW Africa

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 294, Issue , 2008, Pages 297-318

  Paixao M A P ^a   Nilson, A A ^a   Dantas, E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FOLD BELT; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; SUTURE ZONE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39549116284     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP294.16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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