Cambrian mafic to felsic magmatism and its connections with transcurrent shear zones of the Borborema Province (NE Brazil): Implications for the late assembly of the West Gondwana

Precambrian Research

Volumn 178, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Hollanda, Maria Helena B M ^a   Archanjo, Carlos J ^a   Souza, Laécio C ^b   Armstrong, Richard ^c   Vasconcelos, Paulo M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Borborema Province; Cambrian magmatism; Geochronology; Shear zone; West Gondwana

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CAMBRIAN; CRYSTALLIZATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; FELSIC ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MYLONITE; PRECAMBRIAN; SHEAR ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

BORBOREMA; BRAZIL;

MICAS;

EID: 77949267698     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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