(U-Th)/He thermochronometric constraints on the late Miocene-Pliocene tectonic development of the northern Cordillera Real and the Interandean Depression, Ecuador

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 239-251

  Spikings, R A ^a   Crowhurst, P V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

(U Th) He dating; Andes; Ecuador; Tectonics; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

CORDILLERA; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CORDILLERA REAL [ECUADOR]; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10644287488     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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