Top-down structures of mafic enclaves within the Valle Fértil magmatic complex (Early Ordovician, San Juan, Argentina)

Geologica Acta

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-229

  Castro, A ^a   Martino, R ^b   Vujovich, G ^c   Otamendi, J ^d   Pinotti, L ^d   D'Eramo, F ^d   Tibaldi, A ^d   Vinao A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Calc alkaline batholiths; Enclaves; Famatinian belt; Synplutonic intrusions

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA CHAMBER; OUTCROP; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TONALITE;

ARGENTINA; SAN JUAN [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA; VALLE FERTIL;

EID: 55349115703     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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