Southeast Pacific tectonic evolution from early Oligocene to present

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 12061-12084

  Tebbens, S F ^a   Cande, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLATE BOUNDARY REORGANIZATION; REORGANIZATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

PACIFIC, (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 0030670415     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb02582     Document Type: Article

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