The Mejillonia suspect terrane (Northern Chile): Late Triassic fast burial and metamorphism of sediments in a magmatic arc environment extending into the Early Jurassic

Gondwana Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1272-1286

  Casquet, C ^a   Herve F ^b,c   Pankhurst, R J ^d   Baldo, E ^e   Calderon M ^f   Fanning, C M ^g   Rapela, C W ^h   Dahlquist, J ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e CICTERRA CONICET UNC   (Argentina)

^f SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h National University of La Plata Centro de Investigaciones Geologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Early Jurassic magmatic arc; Late Triassic subduction; Mejillonia terrane; Pre Andean continental margin; U Pb SHRIMP zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; IGNEOUS ROCK; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; METAMORPHISM; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; SHRIMP DATING; TRIASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHILE;

EID: 84893805216     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.05.016     Document Type: Article

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