Extension and basin formation in the southern Andes caused by increased convergence rate: A mid-Cenozoic trigger for the Andes

Tectonics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 308-324

  Jordan, Teresa E ^a   Matthew Burns, W ^a   Veiga, Ricardo ^b   Pángaro, Francisco ^b   Copeland, Peter ^c   Kelley, Shari ^d   Mpodozis, Constantino ^e  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d Fission Track Analysis   (United States)

^e SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLATE CONVERGENCE;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034984267     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC001181     Document Type: Article

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