Cenozoic dextral transpression and basin development at the southern edge of the Puna Plateau, northwestern Argentina

Tectonophysics

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 17-39

  De Urreiztieta, M ^a   Gapais, D ^a   Corre, C Le ^a   Cobbold, P R ^a   Rossello, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CAINOZOIC; KINEMATICS; NEOGENE; TRANSFER ZONE; TRANSPRESSION;

ARGENTINA, PUNA PLATEAU;

EID: 0029767620     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00071-2     Document Type: Article

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