Combined U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotope data on turbidites of the Paleozoic basement of NW Argentina and petrology of associated igneous rocks: Implications for the tectonic evolution of western Gondwana between 560 and 460Ma

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-127

  Hauser, N ^a,b   Matteini, M ^a   Omarini, R H ^b   Pimentel, M M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lu Hf; Provenance; Puncoviscana Formation; U Pb; Western Gondwana; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; GONDWANA; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LUTETIUM; PALEOZOIC; PETROLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TURBIDITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [ANDES];

EID: 78650711979     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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