Area-balanced model of the late Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the central Andean arc and back arc (lat 20°-22°S)

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 367-370

  Okaya, N ^a   Tawackoli, S ^a   Giese, P ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCED MODELS; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EASTERN CORDILLERA; LATE CENOZOIC; LATE OLIGOCENE; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC STRUCTURE; BALANCE MODEL;

GEOLOGY;

BACKARC BASIN; CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; PLATE CONVERGENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT; UPPER CRUST; CAINOZOIC; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAGMATISM;

ANDES; CORDILLERA CENTRAL [ANDES]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030885332     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0367:ABMOTL>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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