Coastal neotectonics in Southern Central Andes: Uplift and deformation of marine terraces in Northern Chile (27°S)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 394, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 193-219

  Marquardt, Carlos ^a,b   Lavenu, Alain ^b   Ortlieb, Luc ^c   Godoy, Estanislao ^a   Comte, Diana ^d  

^a SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Andean fore arc tectonics; Brittle deformations; Neogene shelf deposits; Quaternary marine terraces

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; TECTONOPHYSICS; TERRACE; UPLIFT;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10244245020     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.07.059     Document Type: Article

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