Comparative Lower-Middle Ordovician conodont oxygen isotope palaeothermometry of the Argentine Precordillera and Laurentian margins

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Albanesi, Guillermo L., Barnes, Christopher, Trotter, Julie, Williams, Ian, Bergstrom, Stig M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: Iapetus Ocean; SHRIMP ion microprobe; Cuyania; Wilcox Pass Alberta; Western Newfoundland; Marathon area Texas; Argentine; Wilcox; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/217374; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.03.016; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/217374/3/Albanesi%20post%20print.pdf.jpg

Stratigraphic, palaeontologic, and palaeomagnetic data support a hypothesis that argues for the Argentine Precordillera rifting from the southwestern margin of Laurentia in low latitudes during the Cambrian, migrating across the Iapetus Ocean, colliding with the Gondwanan margin in the late Middle O...