Evolution of the late Paleozoic accretionary complex and overlying forearc-magmatic arc, south central Chile (38°-41°S): Constraints for the tectonic setting along the southwestern margin of Gondwana

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 582-605

  Martin, Mark W ^a,c   Kato, Terence T ^b   Rodriguez, Carolina ^a   Godoy, Estanislao ^a   Duhart, Paul ^a   McDonough, Michael ^a   Campos, Alberto ^a  

^a SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; GONDWANA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHILE;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENTARY TEXTURES; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 0033432709     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC900021     Document Type: Article

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