Eocene-Miocene longitudinal depression and Quaternary volcanism in the southern Andes, Chile (33-42.5°S): a geochemical comparison

Revista Geologica de Chile

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-244

  López Escobar, Leopoldo ^a   Vergara, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EOCENE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MIOCENE; QUATERNARY; VOLCANISM;

CHILE;

EID: 0345215160     PISSN: 07160208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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