High-altitude palaeosurfaces in the Bolivian Andes: Evidence for late Cenozoic surface uplift

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 120, Issue , 1997, Pages 307-323

  Kennan, L ^a   Lamb, S H ^a   Hoke, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0008808683     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.20     Document Type: Article

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