Palaeozoic palaeogeography of Mexico: Constraints from detrital zircon age data

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 327, Issue , 2009, Pages 239-269

  Nance, R Damian ^a   Duncan Keppie, J ^b   Miller, Brent V ^c   Brendan Murphy, J ^d   Dostal, Jaroslav ^e  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; GONDWANA; IAPETUS OCEAN; LAURENTIA; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PENNSYLVANIAN; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; ZIRCON;

AMAZONIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SIERRA MADRE; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

CELTIS PALLIDA;

EID: 74449087701     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP327.12     Document Type: Article

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