Controls on architecture of the Late Cretaceous to Cenozoic southern Middle Magdalena Valley Basin, Colombia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-147

  Gómez, Elías ^a   Jordan, Teresa E ^a   Allmendinger, Richard W ^a   Hegarty, Kerry ^b   Kelley, Shari ^c   Heizler, Matthew ^d  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombia; Geochronology; Stratigraphy; Tectonics; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; CORDILLERA; CRETACEOUS; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 0037293612     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0131:COAOTL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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