Quaternary state of stress in the Northern Andes and the restraining bend model for the Ecuadorian Andes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 259, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 101-116

  Ego, Frédéric ^a   Sébrier, Michel ^a   Lavenu, Alain ^b,c   Yepes, Hugo ^d   Egues, Arturo ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^d Instítuto de Geofisica   (Ecuador)

^e Departamento de Geologia   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERSION; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE INTERACTION; QUATERNARY; RESTRAINING BEND MODEL; STRESS;

EUCADOR, ANDES;

EID: 0030480642     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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