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The Palaeozoic geological history of western South America has been the focus of intense international interest in the last few years. This book brings together multidisciplinary research and review papers on the Lower Palaeozoic geology of the Sierras Pampeanas and the Precordillera of central west Argentina. It deals with the final stages of assembly of the supercontinent of Gondwana and a period of tectonic interaction with Laurentia (the North American continent of today). The evidence for the growth of this part of the margin of Gondwana from late Neoproterozoic times is presented in terms of stratigraphy, palaeontology, igneous petrology, geochemistry and geochronology, and rival tectonic hypothesis are critically compared. At least two episodes of subduction-related marginal basin closure and terrane accretion are documented and re-assessed. Also available: The Geology of Chile - ISBN 1862392196 West Gondwana: Pre-Cenozoic Correlations across the South Atlantic Region - Special Publication no 294 - ISBN 1862392471 The Geological Society of LondonFounded in 1807, the Geological Society of London is the oldest geological society in the world, and one of the largest publishers in the Earth sciences.The Society publishes a wide range of high-quality peer-reviewed titles for academics and professionals working in the geosciences, and enjoys an enviable international reputation for the quality of its work.The many areas in which we publish in include:-Petroleum geology-Tectonics, structural geology and geodynamics-Stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology-Volcanology, magmatic studies and geochemistry-Remote sensing-History of geology-Regional geology guides
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The Proto-Andean Margin of Gondwana
Geological Society Special Publications Series Editors A. J. FLEET A. C. MORTON A. M. ROBERTS
It is recommended that reference to all or part of this book should be made in one of the following ways. KELLER, M., BUGGISCH, W. & LEHNERT, O. 1998. The stratigraphical record of the Argentine Precordillera and its plate-tectonic background. In: PANKHURST, R. J. & RAPELA, C. W. (eds) The Proto-Andean Margin of Gondwana. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 142, 35-56. PANKHURST, R. J. & RAPELA, C. W. (eds) 1998. The Proto-Andean Margin of Gondwana. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 142.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 142
The Proto-Andean Margin of Gondwana
EDITED BY
R O B E R T J. P A N K H U R S T British Antarctic Survey and NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, UK AND
CARLOS W. R A P E L A Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
1998 Published by The Geological Society London
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