Detrital zircon ages of Neoproterozoic sedimentary successions in Uruguay and Argentina: Insights into the geological evolution of the Río de la Plata Craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 150-170

  Gaucher, Claudio ^a   Finney, Stanley C ^b   Poiré, Daniel G ^c   Valencia, Víctor A ^d   Grove, Marty ^e   Blanco, Gonzalo ^a   Pamoukaghlián, Karina ^c   Peral, Lucía Gómez ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Detrital zircons; Neoproterozoic; R o de la Plata Craton; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHEAR ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

EID: 54249122473     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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