Pure and simple shear plateau uplift, Altiplano-Puna, Argentina and Bolivia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 259, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 1-13

  Allmendinger, R W ^a   Gubbels, T ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Hughes Applied Information Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERIC SHORTENING; NEOTECTONICS; SHEAR; UPLIFT;

ARGENTINA, ALTIPLANO-PUNA; BOLIVIA;

EID: 0030463357     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(96)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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