Cenozoic crustal thickening, wrenching and rifting in the foothills of the southernmost Andes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 316, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 91-119

  Diraison, M ^a   Cobbold, P R ^a   Gapais, D ^a   Rossello, E A ^b   Le Corre, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Analogue modelling; Cenozoic; Crustal thickening; Fault slip data; Rifting; Southernmost Andes; Wrenching

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL THICKENING; FAULT SLIP; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WRENCH FAULT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034030125     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00255-3     Document Type: Article

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