Pre-carboniferous evolution of the San Rafael block, Argentina : implications in the SW Gondwana margin

• Other Authors: Cingolani, Carlos (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer earth system sciences.
• Subjects: Geology, Stratigraphic > Ordovician > Guidebooks.; Geology > Argentina > Mendoza (Province); Argentina > Mendoza (Province); From 425 to 500 million years ago; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319501536; 9783319501512
• Physical Description: 1 online resource : color maps

This book offers a compilation of the global data on the pre-Carboniferous units of the San Rafael block, including petrography, geochemistry, isotope geochemistry and geochronology. It provides an extensive database for a broad range of experts in the scientific community. For many years, scientist...

Table of Contents:

• Pre-carboniferous evolution of the san rafael block, argentina
• the mesoproterozoic basement at the san rafael block, mendoza province (argentina): geochemical and isotopic age constraints
• sedimentary provenance analysis of theordovician ponón trehué formation, san rafael block, mendoza-argentina
• ordovician conodont biostratigraphy of the ponón trehué formation, san rafael block, mendoza, argentina
• the pavón formation as the upper ordovician unit developed in a turbidite sand-rich ramp
• lower paleozoic 'el nihuil dolerites': geochemical and isotopic constraints ofmafic magmatism in an extensional setting of the san rafael block, mendoza, argentina
• magnetic fabrics and paleomagnetism of the el nihuil mafic unit, san rafael block, mendoza, argentina
• low-grade metamorphic conditions and isotopic age constraints of the la horqueta pre-carboniferous sequence, argentinian san rafael block
• la horqueta formation: geochemistry, isotopic data and provenance analysis.