Provenance and geotectonic setting of late proterozoic-early cambrian metasediments in the Sierras de Córdoba and Guasayán (western Argentina): A geochemical approach

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-284

  Von Gosen, Werner ^a   Buggisch, Werner ^a   Prozzi, César ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Gondwana; Provenance; Sedimentation; Sierras pampeanas

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; METASEDIMENT; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARGENTINA; SIERRAS DE CORDOBA;

EID: 77949629627     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0251-0257     Document Type: Article

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