21 Jan 2019
| 21 Jan 2019
New insights into the Gondwana breakup at the Southern South America by apatite fission-track analyses
Cristiane H. Gomes
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratório de Mineralogia e Petrografia, Universidade Federal do
Pampa, Caçapava do Sul, 96570-000, Brazil
Delia Almeida
Laboratório de Mineralogia e Petrografia, Universidade Federal do
Pampa, Caçapava do Sul, 96570-000, Brazil
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