The South American ancestry of the North Patagonian Massif: Geochronological evidence for an autochthonous origin?

Terra Nova

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 337-342

  Rapalini, Augusto E ^a   de Luchi, Mónica López ^a   Tohver, Eric ^b   Cawood, Peter A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; ARGON-ARGON DATING; AUTOCHTHON; CAMBRIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; ORDOVICIAN; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 84880174338     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ter.12043     Document Type: Article

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