The allochthony of the Argentine Precordillera ten years later (1993-2003): A new paleobiogeographic test of the microcontinental model

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1027-1039

  Benedetto, Juan L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Argentina; Early Paleozoic; Gondwana; Paleobiogeography; Precordillera terrane

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHONY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; RECONSTRUCTION;

ARGENTINE BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; PUNA;

EID: 5444236207     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71082-0     Document Type: Article

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