Evolution of the West Andean Escarpment at 18°S (N. Chile) during the last 25 Ma: Uplift, erosion and collapse through time

Tectonophysics

Volumn 345, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 183-198

  Wörner, Gerhard ^a   Uhlig, Dieter ^b   Kohler, Ingrid ^b   Seyfried, Hartmut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Institut Für Geologie und Paläontologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Andes; Erosion; Gravitational collapse; Sedimentation; Uplift; Volcanism; Western slope

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; EROSION; ESCARPMENT; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

CHILE;

EID: 0036225517     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00212-8     Document Type: Article

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