Mafic and ultramafic crustal fragments of the southwestern Precordillera terrane and their bearing on tectonic models of the early Paleozoic in western Argentina

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-174

  Davis, J S ^a   Roeske, S M ^a   McClelland, W C ^a   Kay, S M ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Laurentia; Ophiolite; Precordillera; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; MAGNESITE; NEODYMIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; LAURENTIA; OPHIOLITE; PRECORDILLERA; TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY; U-PB ZIRCON AGES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; LAURENTIA; MAFIC ROCK; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 84879885638     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<171:MAUCFO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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