Initial plate geometry, shortening variations, and evolution of the Bolivian orocline

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 867-870

  McQuarrie, Nadine ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Mountain building; Orocline; Plate motions; Plateaus

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING;

DEFORMATION; SEDIMENTATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; GEOMETRY; NAZCA PLATE; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0036807055     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0867:IPGSVA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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