Provenance of the late Proterozoic to early Cambrian metaclastic sediments of the Sierra de San Luis (Eastern Sierras Pampeanas) and Cordillera Oriental, Argentina

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-262

  Drobe, Malte ^a   López de Luchi, Mónica G ^b   Steenken, André ^c   Frei, Robert ^d   Naumann, Rudolf ^e   Siegesmund, Siegfried ^a   Wemmer, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Instituto de Geocronologia y Geologia Isotopica   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern Sierras Pampeanas; Gondwana margin; Provenance; Puncoviscana Formation; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; LEAD-LEAD DATING; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SHRIMP DATING; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARGENTINA; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [ARGENTINA]; SAN LUIS; SIERRA DE SAN LUIS; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69949178768     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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