Detrital chromian spinels from Upper Ordovician deposits in the Precordillera terrane, Argentina: A mafic crust input

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-418

  Abre, P ^a   Cingolani, C ^b   Zimmermann, U ^a   Cairncross, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Detrital spinel; Gondwana margin; Heavy minerals; Precordillera terrane; Provenance

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FLOOD BASALT; GONDWANA; HEAVY MINERAL; HOST ROCK; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAFIC ROCK; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; ORDOVICIAN; PROVENANCE; SOURCE ROCK; SPINEL;

PRECORDILLERA; SOUTH AMERICA;

PAVON;

EID: 70450228521     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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