Provenance of the Novo Oriente Group, southwestern Ceará Central Domain, Borborema Province (NE-Brazil): A dismembered segment of a magma-poor passive margin or a restricted rift-related basin?

Gondwana Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 497-513

  de Araújo, Carlos E G ^a   Pinéo, Tercyo R G ^a   Caby, Renaud ^c   Costa, Felipe G ^a   Cavalcante, José C ^a   Vasconcelos, Antonio M ^a   Rodrigues, Joseneusa B ^b  

^a CPRM Geological Survey of Brazil   (Brazil)

^b CPRM Geological Survey of Brazil   (Brazil)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Cear Central Domain; Detrital zircon; Novo Oriente Group; Provenance; Sediment geochemistry

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; SERPENTINIZATION; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

BORBOREMA; BRAZIL;

EID: 77954954334     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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