Erosional control on the geometry and kinematics of thrust belt development in the central Andes

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1292-1304

  Horton, Brian K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; TECTONICS; THRUST;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033495518     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC900051     Document Type: Article

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