Origin of the high plateau in the Central Andes, Bolivia, South America

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 623-649

  Lamb, Simon ^a   Hoke, Leonore ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; HIGH PLATEAU; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONOSEDIMENTARY EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

BOLIVIA, ANDES, ALTIPLANO;

EID: 0031428866     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97TC00495     Document Type: Article

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