Geochronological constraints on the evolution of the southern Dom Feliciano Belt (Uruguay)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1075-1084

  Oyhantçabal, Pedro ^a   Siegesmund, Siegfried ^b   Wemmer, Klaus ^b   Presnyakov, Sergey ^c   Layer, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; EMPLACEMENT; FORELAND BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; ION MICROPROBE; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; ORTHOGNEISS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SUBDUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; DOM FELICIANO BELT; KAOKO BELT; MALDONADO [URUGUAY]; NAMIBIA; PUNTA DEL ESTE; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; URUGUAY;

EID: 70350584481     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-122     Document Type: Article

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