Clay mineralogy and thermal history of the Neogene Vinchina Basin, central Andes of Argentina: Analysis of factors controlling the heating conditions

Tectonics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Collo, Gilda ^a   Dávila, Federico M ^a   Nóbile, Julieta ^a   Astini, Ricardo A ^a   Gehrels, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HEAT TRANSFER; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARGENTINA; BASIN DEPTH; BURIAL HISTORY; CENTRAL ANDES; CLAY MINERALOGY; FORELAND BASIN; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HEAT FLOW VALUE; HEATING CONDITIONS; MIOCENE; NEO GENES; PALEOTEMPERATURES; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SHALLOW DEPTHS; THERMAL BLANKETING; THERMAL HISTORY; THERMAL MODEL;

CLAY MINERALS;

APATITE; CLAY MINERAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FORELAND BASIN; GEODYNAMICS; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; ILLITE; ILLITIZATION; LITHOSPHERE; MINERALOGY; NEOGENE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SMECTITE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ANDES; ARGENTINA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 80052333649     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010TC002841     Document Type: Article

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