Age constraints on the tectonic evolution and provenance of the Pie de Palo Complex, Cuyania composite terrane and the Famatinian orogeny in the Sierra de Pie de Palo, San Juan, Argentina

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1041-1056

  Vujovich, Graciela I ^a   van Staal, Cees R ^b   Davis, William ^b  

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

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back arc; Cuyania; Grenville; Island arc; Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BACKARC BASIN; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; IGNEOUS ROCK; MAFIC ROCK; PROVENANCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARGENTINA; SAN JUAN [ARGENTINA]; SIERRA DE PIE DE PALO; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS;

EID: 5444267222     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71083-2     Document Type: Article

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