Age, source, and regional stratigraphy of the Roraima Supergroup and Roraima-like outliers in northern South America based on U-Pb geochronology

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-348

  Santos, Joao Orestes Schneider ^a,b   Potter, Paul Edwin ^c   Reis, Nélson Joaquim ^a   Hartmann, Léo Afraneo ^b   Fletcher, Ian Robert ^d   McNaughton, Neal J ^d  

^a CPRM   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amazon craton; Baddeleyite; Diamond; Guyana Shield; Roraima; U Pb geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; DEFORMATION; GEOPHYSICS; SANDSTONE;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BASEMENT ROCK; CRATON; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FORELAND BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84879883819     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0331:ASARSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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