1.3-0.9 Ga Oaxaquia (Mexico): Remnant of an arc/backarc on the northern margin of Amazonia

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Keppie, J Duncan ^a   Ortega Gutiérrez, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Continental tholeiite; Grenvillian; Mexico; Oaxaquia; Reconstructions

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL ARC; DEPOSITION; EVAPORITE; EXHUMATION; GONDWANA; GRANITOID; GRANULITE FACIES; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; MIGMATIZATION; PLUTON; PRECAMBRIAN; RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THOLEIITE;

AMAZONIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 73549106547     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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