U-Pb zircon geochronology of Palaeozoic units in Western and Central Guatemala: Insights into the tectonic evolution of Middle America

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 328, Issue , 2009, Pages 295-313

  Solari, L A ^a   Ortega Gutierrez F ^b   Elias Herrera M ^b   Schaaf, P ^b   Norman, M ^c   de León, R Torres ^b   Ortega Obregon C ^b   Chiquin M ^d   Ical, S Morán ^d  

^a CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVONIAN; FAULT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; IGNEOUS ROCK; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; SILURIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MAYA BLOCK; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 75249100237     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP328.12     Document Type: Article

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