Precambrian geotectonic units of the Rio de la Plata craton

International Geology Review

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-50

  Sanchez Bettucci, Leda ^a   Peel, Elena ^b   Oyhantcabal, Pedro ^a  

^a Institute Cle fi'Sica   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Granitic intrusions; Metamorphic belts; Palaeoproterozoic; Rio de La Plata craton; Tectonic map; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRATON; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIKE SWARM; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PRECAMBRIAN; REACTIVATION; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE;

RIO DE LA PLATA; URUGUAY;

EID: 75449084730     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206810903211104     Document Type: Article

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