Magnetic fabric and microstructures of Late Paleozoic granitoids from the North Patagonian Massif: Evidence of a collision between Patagonia and Gondwana?

Tectonophysics

Volumn 494, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 118-137

  López de Luchi, Mónica G ^a   Rapalini, Augusto E ^a   Tomezzoli, Renata N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Collision Patagonia and Gondwana; Late Paleozoic granitoids; Magnetic fabric; Microstructures; North Patagonian Massif

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; COMBINED ANALYSIS; COMPRESSIONAL; CRUSTAL BLOCK; FRONTAL COLLISION; GRANODIORITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LATE PALEOZOIC; LATE PERMIAN; MAGMATISMS; MAGNETIC FABRICS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; NORTH PATAGONIAN MASSIF; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; PALEOZOIC; PATAGONIA; PERMIAN; SOLID STATE DEFORMATION; SOUTH AMERICA; STRESS FIELD; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVENTS; THIN SECTION;

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETISM; MICROSTRUCTURE;

TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

CARBONIFEROUS; COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EMPLACEMENT; GONDWANA; GRANITOID; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAGMATISM; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MICROSTRUCTURE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN; PETROGRAPHY;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 78650075430     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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