Cambrian orogeny in the Ribeira Belt (SE Brazil) and correlations within West Gondwana: Ties that bind underwater

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 294, Issue , 2008, Pages 279-296

  Schmitt, Renata S ^a   Trouw, R A J ^b   Van Schmus, W R ^c   Passchier, C W ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CAMBRIAN; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEFORMATION; GONDWANA; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PEGMATITE; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

RIBEIRA BELT; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39549121051     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP294.15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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