The age and tectonic setting of the Puncoviscana Formation in northwestern Argentina: An accretionary complex related to Early Cambrian closure of the Puncoviscana Ocean and accretion of the Arequipa-Antofalla block

2011/06/26 by M. Escayola, Mónica P. Escayola, Cees R. van Staal +2 · 4 citations
Computer Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Accretion (finance) #Accretionary wedge #Back-arc basin #Craton #Foreland basin #Geochemistry #Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping #Geochronology #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Metamorphism #Orogeny #Paleontology #Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils #Pluton #Plutonism #Provenance #Subduction #Tectonics #Terrane #Zircon

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2011.04.013

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Citations

• Did the Breakout of Laurentia Turn Gondwanaland Inside-Out?
• The Puncoviscana trough — a large basin of Late Precambrian to Early Cambrian age on the pacific edge of the Brazilian shield
• Lead isotope study of basic-ultrabasic layered complexes: Speculations about the age of the earth and primitive mantle characteristics
• Geochemical discrimination of different magma series and their differentiation products using immobile elements
• Trace element characteristics of graywackes and tectonic setting discrimination of sedimentary basins
• Geochemistry of eocene calc-alkaline volcanic rocks from the Kastamonu area, Northern Turkey
• An orphaned basement block: The Arequipa-Antofalla Basement of the central Andean margin of South America
• U-Pb geochronologic evidence for the evolution of the Gondwanan margin of the north-central Andes

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