The main goal of this project is to implement detrital monazite geochronology, which was previously used by other researchers but still way underused, and combining it with the emerging monazite U-Th/He dating. The case study for this is Carboniferous-Permian Paganzo Basin of Sierras Pampeanas (ARG). Broader project goal is to implement this dataset to previously established ones such as sandstone petrography, mudstone geochemistry, zircon double dating (U-Pb and U-Th/He) and apatite U-Th/(He) dating, to generate a comprehensive understanding of polyphase orogenic basins. 

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The project is in collaboration with Departamento de Geología, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto (ARG) and Department of Earth and Oceanographic Science, Bowdoin College (USA).