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PALEOGEOGRAPHYC IMPLICATIONS OF THE ORDOVICIAN PALEOMAGNETIC POLE FROM THE PRECORDILLERA OF WESTERN ARGENTINA
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 1st International Congress of the Brazilian Geophysical Society, Nov 1989, cp-317-00142
Abstract
The agreement in the position of the Ordovician paleomagnetic poles from North America and from the Precordillera (Alcaparrosa F.) found when the former continent is rotated to a position close to western South America seems to support the hypothesis of an allochthonous origin for the Precordillera.