Uplift of the western border of the Altiplano on a west-vergent thrust system, Northern Chile

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 171-181

  Muñoz, Nelson ^a   Charrier, Reynaldo ^b  

^a SIPETROL SA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; THRUSTING; UPLIFT;

CHILE, ALTIPLANO;

EID: 0030440511     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-9811(96)00004-1     Document Type: Article

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