Proterozoic accretionary belts in the Amazonian Craton

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 200, Issue , 2007, Pages 297-320

  Cordani, Umberto G ^a   Teixeira, Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accretionary belts; Amazonian craton; Geochronology; Nd isotopes; Tec tonic evolution

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; METALS;

ACCRETIONARY; AMAZONIAN CRATON; CRATONIC NUCLEUS; GRANITOID ROCKS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; ND ISOTOPES; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; TEC-TONIC EVOLUTION;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

ACCRETION; ARCHEAN; BIRRIMIAN; BRASILIANO OROGENY; CRATON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; LAURENTIA; MAGMATISM; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRAIN;

BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN SHIELD; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 77949816272     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.1200(14)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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