Closure of the Clymene Ocean and formation of West Gondwana in the Cambrian: Evidence from the Sierras Australes of the southernmost Rio de la Plata craton, Argentina

Gondwana Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 394-405

  Tohver, E ^a   Cawood, P A ^a,b   Rossello, E A ^c   Jourdan, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brasiliano Pan African; Geochronology; South America; Tectonics; West Gondwana

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856216520     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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