Assembly of Pampia to the SW Gondwana margin: A case of strike-slip docking?

Gondwana Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 406-421

  Spagnuolo, Cecilia M ^a   Rapalini, Augusto E ^b   Astini, Ricardo A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Northwestern Argentina; Paleomagnetism; Paleozoic; Pampia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856209274     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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