The early Paleozoic evolution of the Argentine Precordillera as a Laurentian rifted, drifted, and collided terrane: A geodynamic model: Reply

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 373-375

  Astini, Ricardo A ^a   Benedetto, Juan L ^a   Emilio Vaccari, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; LAURENTIA; MODEL; PALEOZOIC; PLATE TECTONICS; RIFT ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE;

ARGENTINA; PRECORDILLERA;

EID: 84871953411     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0372:TEPEOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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