Sedimentary and tectonic evolution of the arc zone of Southwestern Ecuador during Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary times

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 131-140

  Jaillard, Etienne ^a   Ordoñez, Martha ^b   Berrones, Gerardo ^b   Bengtson, Peter ^c   Bonhomme, Michel ^d   Jimenez, Nelson ^b   Zambrano, Italo ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Labogeo Petroproduccion   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Institut Dolomieu   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAGMATIC ARC; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

ECUADOR, ANDES;

EID: 0030498436     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-9811(96)00033-8     Document Type: Article

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