Significance of provenance ages from the chiapas massif complex (Southeastern Mexico): Redefining the paleozoic basement of the maya block and its evolution in a peri-gondwanan realm

Journal of Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 619-639

  Weber, Bodo ^a   Valencia, Victor A ^a,b   Schaaf, Peter ^a,c   Pompa Mera, Valerie ^a,c   Ruiz, Joaquin ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; STRATIGRAPHY; ZIRCON;

SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 57649201997     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591994     Document Type: Article

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