Reply to the comment by Sánchez Bettucci et al. on: "Provenance of the Arroyo del Soldado Group (Ediacaran to Cambrian, Uruguay): Implications for the paleogeographic evolution of southwestern Gondwana" [Precambrian Res. 171 (2009) 57-73]

Precambrian Research

Volumn 180, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 334-342

  Blanco, Gonzalo ^a   Rajesh, H M ^a   Gaucher, Claudio ^b,c   Germs, Gerard J B ^a   Chemale Jr , Farid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PRECAMBRIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 77953651724     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.03.009     Document Type: Note

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