The significance of high planation surface in the Andes of Ecuador

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 162, Issue , 1999, Pages 239-253

  Coltorti, Mauro ^b   Ollier, Cliff D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORST; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS; PLANATION; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

ECUADOR;

EID: 0033388415     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.162.01.19     Document Type: Article

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