Crustal balance and crustal flux from shortening estimates in the Central Andes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 113-124

  Hindle, David ^a   Kley, Jonas ^b   Oncken, Onno ^c   Sobolev, Stephan ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Andes; Balancing; Crustal flow; Crustal thickness; Shortening

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL FLOW; MAGMATISM; TOPOGRAPHY;

DEPOSITION; EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12144265841     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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