Grenvillian remnants in the Northern Andes: Rodinian and Phanerozoic paleogeographic perspectives

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-104

  Cardona, A ^a   Chew, D ^b   Valencia, V A ^c   Bayona, G ^d   Miskovic A ^e   Ibanez Mejia M ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d Corporación Geológica Ares ^*  (Colombia)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grenville; Northern Andes; Paleogeography; Terrane dispersion

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; INLIER; LAURENTIA; MAGMATISM; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PANGAEA; PHANEROZOIC; RODINIA; SVECONORWEGIAN OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ANDES; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN SHIELD; COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; PERU;

EID: 73849086871     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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