The southern segment of the Famatinian magmatic arc, La Pampa Province, Argentina

Gondwana Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 662-675

  Chernicoff, Carlos J ^a,b   Zappettini, Eduardo O ^b   Santos, João O S ^c,d   Allchurch, Shelley ^e   McNaughton, Neal J ^c  

^a Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b Servicio Geologico Minero Argentino   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Redstone Resources Ltd   (Australia)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetics; Argentina; Famatinian magmatic arc; Hf isotopes; La Pampa; U Pb SHRIMP

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GONDWANA; MAGMA; METAGABBRO; METAMORPHISM; OUTCROP;

ARGENTINA; LA PAMPA;

EID: 77349119393     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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