Segmentation, kinematics and relative chronology of the late deformation of Salar del Carmen Fault, Atacama Fault System (23°40′S), northern Chile;Segmentación, cinemática y cronología relativa de la deformación tardía de la Falla Salar del Carmen, Sistema de Fallas de Atacama, (23°40′S), norte de Chile

Revista Geologica de Chile

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-244

  González, Gabriel ^a   Carrizo, Daniel ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Tectonica Aplicada   (Chile)

Author keywords

Atacama Fault System; Central Andes; Coseismic deformation; Forearc neotectonic; Morphological dating; Structural segmentation

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844349397     PISSN: 07160208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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