Provenance and evolution of the Guarguaráz Complex, Cordillera Frontal, Argentina

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1197-1208

  López, Vanina L ^a   Gregori, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cordillera Frontal; Famatinian arc; Guarguar z Complex; Provenance

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CLASTIC ROCK; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TURBIDITE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; CORDILLERA FRONTAL;

EID: 5444265489     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71093-5     Document Type: Article

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