Relationship between elastic thickness and the tectonic segmentation of the Andean margin (15-47°S);Relación entre el espesor elástico de la litosfera y la segmentación tectónica del margen andino (15-47°S)

Revista Geologica de Chile

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-186

  Tassara, Andrés ^a   Yáñez, Gonzalo ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Casa Matriz ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Andean segmentation; Crustal thickness; Elastic thickness; Flexural analysis; Rheology

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FLEXURE; RHEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ILEX COOKII; PUNA;

EID: 14844347377     PISSN: 07160208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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