Detrital zircon U-Pb ages of metasedimentary rocks from Sierra de Valle Fértil: Entrapment of Middle and Late Cambrian marine successions in the deep roots of the Early Ordovician Famatinian arc

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-94

  Cristofolini, E A ^a,b   Otamendi, J E ^a,b   Ducea, M N ^c   Pearson, D M ^c   Tibaldi, A M ^a,b   Baliani, I ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrital zircons; Famatinian arc; Geochronology; Metasedimentary rocks; West Gondwana

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; DEPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRANULITE FACIES; MAGMATISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; PROTOLITH; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUTURE ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARGENTINA; SAN JUAN [ARGENTINA]; SIERRA DE VALLE FERTIL; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS;

EID: 84858264472     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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