Tectonic signatures in arid continental basins: An example from the Upper Miocene-Pleistocene, Calama Basin, Andean forearc, northern Chile

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 55-77

  May, G ^a   Hartley, A J ^a   Stuart, F M ^b   Chong, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Univ Catol N Avda A   (Chile)

Author keywords

Calama Basin; Central Andes; Lacustrine deposition; Neogene; Northern Chile; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; TECTONICS;

CHILE;

EID: 0033565610     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00016-4     Document Type: Article

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