Closing the Clymene ocean and bending a Brasiliano belt: Evidence for the Cambrian formation of Gondwana, southeast Amazon craton

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-270

  Tohver, E ^a   Trindade, R I F ^b   Solum, J G ^c   Hall, C M ^d   Riccomini, C ^b   Nogueira, A C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Instituto de Geociências   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZON CRATON; AUTHIGENIC; CAMBRIANS; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; EDIACARAN; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; MEAN AGES; REMAGNETIZATION; SOUTH AMERICA;

CARBONATES; CLAY MINERALS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; EDIACARAN; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; ILLITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; REMAGNETIZATION; SUTURE ZONE;

BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN SHIELD; SAO FRANCISCO CRATON;

EID: 77951960072     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30510.1     Document Type: Article

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