Combined U-Pb SHRIMP and Hf isotope study of the Late Paleozoic Yaminué Complex, Rio Negro Province, Argentina: Implications for the origin and evolution of the Patagonia composite terrane

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-56

  Chernicoff, Carlos J ^a,b   Zappettini, Eduardo O ^b   Santos, João O S ^c,d   McNaughton, Neal J ^e   Belousova, Elena ^f  

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

^b Argentine Geological Mining Survey (SEGEMAR)   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Redstone Resources Ltd   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Argentina; Hf isotopes; North Patagonian Massif; Tectonics; U Pb SHRIMP geochronology; Yaminu Complex

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ORTHOGNEISS; PALEOZOIC; SCHIST; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA];

ESPERANZA;

EID: 84871423343     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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