The U-Pb and Hf isotope evidence of detrital zircons of the Ordovician Ollantaytambo Formation, southern Peru, and the Ordovician provenance and paleogeography of southern Peru and northern Bolivia

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 196-209

  Bahlburg, Heinrich ^a   Vervoort, Jeffrey D ^b   Andrew DuFrane, S ^b,e   Carlotto, Victor ^c   Reimann, Cornelia ^a,f   Cárdenas, José ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO MINERO Y METALÚRGICO   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detrital zircons; Hf isotopes; Ordovician; Peru; Provenance; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN SHIELD; PERU;

EID: 80051631529     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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