Magnetostratigraphy of the Miocene Corque basin, Bolivia: Implications for the geodynamic evolution of the Altiplano during the late Tertiary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B9, 1999, Pages 20415-20429

  Roperch, Pierrick ^a   Hérail, Gérard ^b,d   Fornari, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d UR 6   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; RED BED; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

ALTIPLANO; BOLIVIA;

EID: 0033543291     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900174     Document Type: Article

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