Transition from basement-involved to thin-skinned thrusting in the Cordillera Oriental of southern Bolivia

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 763-775

  Kley, Jonas ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL DETACHMENT; FOLDING; NEOGENE; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS; THRUSTING;

BOLIVIA, ANDES;

BUILDINGS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BALANCED CROSS SECTIONS; BASAL DETACHMENT; EASTERN CORDILLERA; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GRADUAL TRANSITION; RADIOMETRIC DATA; SCALE TRANSFER;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0030499541     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95TC03868     Document Type: Article

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