The Río de la Plata craton and the assembly of SW Gondwana

2007/05/07 by C.W. Rapela, Carlos W. Rapela, R.J. Pankhurst +12 · 396 citations
Computer Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Archaeology #Archean #Basement #Craton #Detritus #Diorite #Gabbro #Geochemistry #Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Gondwana #Igneous rock #Ordovician #Paleontology #Paleozoic #Precambrian #Tectonics #Terrane #Zircon #earthquake and tectonic studies

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2007.03.004

published in Earth-Science Reviews 83(1-2), 49-82 (Elsevier BV)

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