U-Pb zircon geochronology and Nd isotopic signatures of the pre-mesozoic metamorphic basement of the eastern peruvian andes: Growth and provenance of a late neoproterozoic to carboniferous accretionary orogen on the northwest margin of gondwana

Journal of Geology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-305

  Cardona, A ^g   Cordani, U G ^a,g   Ruiz, J ^b,g   Valencia, V A ^b,g   Armstrong, R ^c,g   Chew, D ^d,g   Nutman, A ^e,g   Sanchez, A W ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^f INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO MINERO Y METALÚRGICO   (Peru)

^g SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Appendix tables

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; ORTHOGNEISS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTOLITH; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ANDES; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 65949103392     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597472     Document Type: Article

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