The tectonic significance of K/Ar illite fine-fraction ages from the San Luis Formation (Eastern Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 659-669

  Wemmer, Klaus ^a   Steenken, André ^b   Müller, Stefan ^a   de Luchi, Mónica G López ^c   Siegesmund, Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c Instituto de Geocronologia y Geologia Isotopica   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Eastern Sierras Pampeanas; Illite fine fractions; K Ar; Paganzo Basin; San Luis Formation

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; EXHUMATION; ILLITE; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; UPLIFT;

ARGENTINA; PAGANZO BASIN; SAN LUIS;

EID: 79951948155     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0629-8     Document Type: Article

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