Refining the age of magmatism in the Altos Cuchumatanes, western guatemala, by LA-ICPMS, and tectonic implications

International Geology Review

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 977-998

  Solari, Luigi A ^a   Ortega Gutierrez F ^a   Elias Herrera, M ^a   Gomez Tuena A ^a   Schaaf, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Altos Cuchumatanes; Guatemala; Maya Block; Palaeozoic crustal evolution; U Pb zircon ages

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MAGMATISM; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MAYA BLOCK;

EID: 77953864932     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206810903216962     Document Type: Article

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