Phanerozoic low-temperature evolution of the Uruguayan Shield along the South American passive margin

• Published in: Journal of the Geological Society
• Main Authors: Hueck, Mathias, Oriolo, Sebastián, Dunkl, István, Wemmer, Klaus, Oyhantçabal, Pedro, Schanofski, Max, Stipp Basei, Miguel Angelo, Siegesmund, Siegfried
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Soc Publ House
• Subjects: -; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Uruguay; Klaus; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/66401

The crystalline basement of Uruguay was assembled during the Brasiliano Orogeny in the Neoproterozoic Era and was later affected by discrete tectonic activity. A new multi-method low-temperature dataset including (U-Th)/He ages from both zircon and apatite, T-t modelling and K-Ar dating of fine seri...