Tectonothermal evolution and exhumation history of the paleozoic Proto-andean gondwana margin crust: The famatinian belt in NW argentina

Gondwana Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 309-324

  De Los Hoyos, C R ^a   Willner, A P ^b   Larrovere, M A ^c,d   Rossi, J N ^a   Toselli, A J ^a   Basei, M A S ^e  

^a INSUGEO   (Argentina)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

^d Universidad Nacional de La Rioja   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Altiplano Puna like orogen; Exhumation history; Famatinian belt; Geochronology; Geothermobarometry

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL THICKENING; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION; UPPER CRUST;

ARGENTINA; LA RIOJA [ARGENTINA]; SIERRA DE FAMATINA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS;

EID: 79960311623     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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